heredity

/həˈɹɛdəti/ noun C2

Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. (uncountable) · laws of heredity· genetics and heredity

Plural heredities

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I am sure that you cannot fail to be delighted with the traces of heredity shown in the p’s and in the tails of the g’s.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 55 · B2

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