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heteropaternal

heteropaternal adjective: of different fathers.

Adjective

heteropaternal (not comparable)

  1. Of different fathers.
    • Identical twins are more common than heteropaternal twins, and less common than fraternal twins.2008, Hannah Holmes, The Well-Dressed Ape: A Natural History of Myself, Random House, →ISBN, page 188

Origin of heteropaternal

From hetero- + paternal.

Questions about heteropaternal

What does heteropaternal mean?
Heteropaternal means of different fathers.
What part of speech is heteropaternal?
Heteropaternal is an adjective.

Words near heteropaternal in the dictionary

  1. heteropalindrome
  2. heteropalindromes
  3. heteroparental
  4. heteropartner
  5. heteropartners
  6. heteropaternal
  7. heteropaternity
  8. heteropathic
  9. heteropathies
  10. heteropathy
  11. heteropatriarchal

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