virginal generation

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virginal generation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Virginal \Vir"gin*al\, a. [L. virginalis: cf. F. virginal.]
     Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.
     "Chastity and honor virginal." --Spenser.
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     Virginal generation (Biol.), parthenogenesis.
  
     Virginal membrane (Anat.), the hymen.
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