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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Relating to a trait encoded by a gene or genes specific to the Y-chromosome and therefore occurring only in males.

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  • adjective genetics (of a trait) Encoded by genes on the Y chromosome and thus transmitted from father to son

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[hol(o)– + andr(o)– + –ic.]

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