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telegony

telegony noun: the belief that, in the case of siblings from the same mother but different fathers, the second sibling could inherit characteristics from the father of the first.

Noun

telegony (uncountable)

  1. The belief that, in the case of siblings from the same mother but different fathers, the second sibling could inherit characteristics from the father of the first.
    • "And that telegony is still sub judice?" "Undoubtedly." "And that the germ plasm is different from the parthenogenetic egg?" "Why, surely!" I cried, and gloried in my own audacity.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

telegony meaning in Tamil

telegony in Tamil

மாற்றுத் தந்தை மரபுப் பண்பு, தொலையுற்பவம்

Origin of telegony

From tele- + -gony.

Words formed from telegony

Questions about telegony

What does telegony mean?
Telegony means the belief that, in the case of siblings from the same mother but different fathers, the second sibling could inherit characteristics from the father of the first.
What is telegony in Tamil?
Telegony in Tamil is மாற்றுத் தந்தை மரபுப் பண்பு, தொலையுற்பவம். See Telegony meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is telegony?
Telegony is a noun.

Words near telegony in the dictionary

  1. telegnosis
  2. telegnostic
  3. telegonic
  4. telegonous
  5. Telegonus
  6. telegony
  7. telegram
  8. telegramese
  9. Telegramgate
  10. telegramlike
  11. telegrammatic

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