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matriclinous

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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

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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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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Synonyms for matriclinous

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.
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Antonyms for matriclinous

adj matriclinous

  • acquired — obtained, through buying or being given
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