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merogony

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[muh-rog-uh-nee] / məˈrɒg ə ni /

noun

Embryology.

  1. the development of an embryo from egg fragments lacking the egg nucleus but having an introduced male nucleus.

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Etymology

Origin of merogony

First recorded in 1899; mero- + -gony

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