heteropaternal

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adjective

Of different fathers.

Scrabble 19
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Meanings

adjectiveheteropaternal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf different fathers.

    Identical twins are more common than heteropaternal twins, and less common than fraternal twins.

    2008, Hannah Holmes, The Well-Dressed Ape: A Natural History of Myself, Random House, →ISBN, page 188

Origin

From hetero- + paternal.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

heteroparental
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APA

heteropaternal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heteropaternal

MLA

“heteropaternal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heteropaternal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heteropaternal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heteropaternal.

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