androgenesis

NOUN
12 LETTERS · STARTS WITH A

androgenesis is a valid 12-letter word worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
A1N1D2R1O1G2E1N1E1S1I1S1
1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =14 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 28TRIPLE WORD → 42
MEANING

What does androgenesis mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

Male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization.

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