What does clinal mean?
Clinal means Pertaining to beds or rest..
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/ˈklaɪnəl/ · adjective
Pertaining to beds or rest..
‘Strange,’ Enderby said. ‘Here we both are, in a clinal situation so to speak, a bed context I mean, the Greek word means to lean or repose I suppose, hence bed, hence clinic by the way, and this has nothing to do with my feverish imaginings.’
Clinal variation in the size of the secondary sexual character may be due to the effects of the Fisher or the handicap process.
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Clinal means Pertaining to beds or rest..
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‘Strange,’ Enderby said. ‘Here we both are, in a clinal situation so to speak, a bed context I mean, the Greek word means to lean or repose I suppose, hence bed, hence clinic by the way, and this has nothing to do with my feverish imaginings.’
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