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theory of inheritance

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables
the-o-ry of in-her-i-tance
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

(biology) a theory of how characteristics of one generation are derived from earlier generations

Questions

What does theory of inheritance mean?
(biology) a theory of how characteristics of one generation are derived from earlier generations

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