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Definition of matriclinous word
- noun matriclinous Having mostly maternally-inherited characteristics. 1
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Parts of speech for Matriclinous
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matriclinous popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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adj matriclinous
- ancestral — You use ancestral to refer to a person's family in former times, especially when the family is important and has property or land which they have had for a long time.
- historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- hereditary — passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
- patrimonial — an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
- abiogenesis — the hypothetical process by which living organisms first arose on earth from nonliving matter
adjective matriclinous
- abiogenetic — (biology) Of or pertaining to abiogenesis, originated by abiogenesis.
- eugenic — Of or relating to eugenics.
Antonyms for matriclinous
adj matriclinous
- acquired — obtained, through buying or being given
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