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heteropaternity

heteropaternity noun: the situation when there is more than one father of the children in a multiple birth.

Noun

heteropaternity (uncountable)

  1. The situation when there is more than one father of the children in a multiple birth.

Origin of heteropaternity

From hetero- + paternity.

Questions about heteropaternity

What does heteropaternity mean?
Heteropaternity means the situation when there is more than one father of the children in a multiple birth.
What part of speech is heteropaternity?
Heteropaternity is a noun.

Words near heteropaternity in the dictionary

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

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