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hereditable
[ huh-red-i-tuh-buhl ]
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Derived Forms
- heˌreditaˈbility, noun
- heˈreditably, adverb
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Other Words From
- he·redi·ta·bili·ty noun
- he·redi·ta·bly adverb
- nonhe·redi·ta·bili·ty noun
- nonhe·redi·ta·ble adjective
- nonhe·redi·ta·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hereditable1
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Example Sentences
Next, we find tribes with both hereditary and "personal totems," but the "personal totems" are never hereditable.
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We have abundant evidence to show that the personal totem is transmissible and hereditable.
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Miss Fletcher's theory demands the hereditable character of the individual manitu, and yet it is never inherited.
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