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impaternate

impaternate adjective: fatherless; having been born through parthenogenesis.

Adjective

impaternate

  1. Fatherless; having been born through parthenogenesis.
    • impaternate larvae

Origin of impaternate

From im- + paternate.

Questions about impaternate

What does impaternate mean?
Impaternate means fatherless; having been born through parthenogenesis.
What part of speech is impaternate?
Impaternate is an adjective.

Words near impaternate in the dictionary

  1. impastures
  2. impasturing
  3. Impasugong
  4. impatency
  5. impatent
  6. impaternate
  7. impatible
  8. impatience
  9. impatiences
  10. impatiency
  11. impatiens

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