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hereditary
adjective
- of, or passed down by, inheritance from an ancestor to a legal heir; ancestral
- having title, right, etc. by inheritance
- of, or passed down by, heredity; designating or of a characteristic transmitted genetically from generation to generation
- being such because of attitudes, beliefs, etc. passed down through generations: hereditary allies
Related Forms:
- hereditarily adverb
- hereditariness noun
See hereditary in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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