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Noun:

  • biology A birth (or vegetal reproduction) after spontaneous, unfertilized gamete-development in a virginal mother, parthenogenesis
  • (''often capitalized and used absolutely: '''the Virgin Birth''''') In Christian theology, the miraculous birth of Christ from the Virgin Mary, as a result of the Immaculate Conception

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