partheno-, partho-

(Greek: virgin, maiden, young girl)

tychoparthenogenesis (s) (noun), tychoparthenogeneses (pl)
Exceptional, unanticipated, or occasional, such as the reproduction process of some insects and plants which does not require fertilization by a male species: Aphids are an example of tychoparthenogenesis in that their reproduction cycle does not depend on the mating of parent insects.