HETEROSIS
\hˈɛtɹə͡ʊsˌiz], \hˈɛtɹəʊsˌiz], \h_ˈɛ_t_ɹ_əʊ_s_ˌi_z]\
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A figure of speech by which one form of a noun, verb, or pronoun, and the like, is used for another, as in the sentence: What is life to such as me?
By Oddity Software
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A figure of speech by which one form of a noun, verb, or pronoun, and the like, is used for another, as in the sentence: What is life to such as me?
By Noah Webster.
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The adaptive superiority of heterozygous genotypes with respect to one or more characters in comparison with the corresponding homozygotes.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Loord
- dull, stupid fellow; a drone. l[=oo]rd, n. (Spens.) a lout. [Fr. lourd, heavy.]