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Etymology

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From hetero- +‎ paternal.

Adjective

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heteropaternal (not comparable)

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

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