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homopaternal

homopaternal adjective: of the same father.

Adjective

homopaternal (not comparable)

  1. Of the same father.
    • Superfetation is more rare than superfecundation. Only a couple of cases have been described. These superfetation cases were both homopateral.1997 June, Eloy Girela et al., “Indisputable double paternity in dizygous twins”, in Fertility and Sterility, volume 67, number 6
    Synonyms:
    monopaternal

Synonyms of homopaternal

Origin of homopaternal

From homo- + paternal.

Questions about homopaternal

What does homopaternal mean?
Homopaternal means of the same father.
What part of speech is homopaternal?
Homopaternal is an adjective.

Words near homopaternal in the dictionary

  1. homoousiast
  2. homoousiasts
  3. homoousion
  4. homoousious
  5. homopantothenic acid
  6. homopaternal
  7. homopatriarchal
  8. homopatriarchy
  9. homopause
  10. homopauses
  11. homopentamer

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