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heteropaternity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
het-eropa-ter-ni-ty
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The situation when there is more than one father of the children in a multiple birth.

Uncountable

Etymology

From hetero- + paternity.

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Questions

What does heteropaternity mean?
The situation when there is more than one father of the children in a multiple birth.
Where does heteropaternity come from?
From hetero- + paternity.

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