heteropaternal

English

Etymology

hetero- +‎ paternal

Adjective

heteropaternal (not comparable)

  1. Of different fathers.
    • 2008, Hannah Holmes, The Well-Dressed Ape: A Natural History of Myself, Random House (2008), →ISBN, page 188:
      Identical twins are more common than heteropaternal twins, and less common than fraternal twins.

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