virgin birth

virgin +‎ birth

virgin birth (countable and uncountable, plural virgin births)

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