virgin birth

noun5

1. •
   (often capitalized and used absolutely: the Virgin Birth) The miraculous birth of Christ from the Virgin Mary.
2. •
   Any similar birth of a deity.
3. •
   Childbirth in which the offspring is said to have been conceived without sexual intercourse.

   • Many religions and traditions have myths about a virgin birth.
   • Oh, you never let the cat out? Then I suppose those kittens were a virgin birth.
4. •
   Childbirth in which the mother conceived the child through artificial insemination.
5. •
   A birth (or vegetal reproduction) after spontaneous, unfertilized gamete-development in a virginal mother, parthenogenesis.