n, pl  -nies  :  development of an embryo by a process that is genetically equivalent to male parthenogenesis and that involves segmentation and differentiation of an egg or egg fragment deprived of its own nucleus but having a functional male nucleus introduced mer*o*gon*ic adj 
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  mer·o·gon  mor·gan 
 
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