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Heredity

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See Pangenesis.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Heredity'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/heredity.html. 1828.