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sex-limited

American  
[seks-lim-i-tid] / ˈsɛksˌlɪm ɪ tɪd /

adjective

Genetics.

  1. (of a gene character) expressed in one sex only.

sex-limited British  

adjective

  1. genetics of or designating a character or the gene producing it that appears in one sex only

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Etymology

Origin of sex-limited

First recorded in 1905–10

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