Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telegony

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables: tele-gony
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Uncountable

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."

Etymology

From tele- + -gony.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: tele
Suffix: gony

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

telegonous

Questions

What does telegony mean?: 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.
Where does telegony come from?: From tele- + -gony.

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