cross-heredity love

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The resemblance of descendants to parents or ancestors considered reciprocally, or through the comparison of the descendants of male ancestors who are x and female ancestors who are y with those of male ancestors who are y and female ancestors who are x.

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