Inherited character
inherited character n.
A single attribute of an animal or plant transmitted at one locus from generation to generation in accordance with genetic principles.
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[in-her-it] /ɪnˈhɛr ɪt/ verb (used with object) 1. to take or receive (property, a right, a title, etc.) by succession or will, as an heir: to inherit the family business. 2. to receive as if by succession from predecessors: the problems the new government inherited from its predecessors. 3. to receive (a genetic character) by […]
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[in-her-i-ter] /ɪnˈhɛr ɪ tər/ noun 1. a person who ; heir.
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[in-her-i-ter] /ɪnˈhɛr ɪ tər/ noun 1. a person who ; heir.
- Inheritrix
[in-her-i-triks] /ɪnˈhɛr ɪ trɪks/ noun, plural inheritrices [in-her-i-trahy-seez] /ɪnˌhɛr ɪˈtraɪ siz/ (Show IPA). Law. 1. a woman who inherits; heiress.
- Inhesion
[in-hee-zhuh n] /ɪnˈhi ʒən/ noun 1. the state or fact of inhering; inherence. /ɪnˈhiːʒən/ noun 1. a less common word for inherence (sense 1)