"asexual reproduction" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} asexual reproduction (uncountable)
  1. (biology) Any form of reproduction that does not involve the fusion of gametes. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-asexual_reproduction-en-noun-K5wVyoJF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  2. (biology) Any form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Biology Translations (form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes): تَكَاثُر لَاجِنْسِيّ (takāṯur lājinsiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), безполово размножаване (bezpolovo razmnožavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), neseksa reproduktiĝo (Esperanto), multiplication asexuée (French), უსქესო გამრავლება (uskeso gamravleba) (Georgian), ungeschlechtliche Fortpflanzung [feminine] (German), ivartalan szaporodás (Hungarian), kynlaus æxlun [feminine] (Icelandic), 無性生殖 (musēsēsyoku) (alt: むせいせいしょく) (Japanese), 무성 생식 (museong saengsik) (Korean), whakaputa uri tōtahi (Maori), pirbûna nezayendî (Northern Kurdish), zêdebûna nezayendî (Northern Kurdish), rozmnażanie bezpłciowe [neuter] (Polish), reproducere asexuată [feminine] (Romanian), reproducción asexual [feminine] (Spanish), sinh sản vô tính (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-asexual_reproduction-en-noun-1r2b3JR~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes': 40 60

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