Telegony
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Telegony is a noun meaning 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.
Meaning
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.
Example Sentences
"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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include postgeniture, heteropaternity, xenogenesis, heterodisomy, polygenism, porphyrogenitism.
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