patrocliny

[pa-truh-klahy-nee, pey-]

pat·ro·cli·ny

[pa-truh-klahy-nee, pey-]
noun Genetics.
inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).


Origin:
1915–20; patro- (variant of patri- with -o-) + -cliny (see matrocliny)

pat·ro·cli·nous, pat·ro·clin·al, pat·ro·clin·ic [pa-truh-klin-ik, pey-] , adjective
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Patrocliny is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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