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Webster 1913 Edition
Polygenist
Po-lyg′e-nist
(-nĭst)
, Noun.
(Biol.)
One who maintains that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair; – opposed to
monogenist
. Definition 2024
polygenist
polygenist
English
Noun
polygenist (plural polygenists)
- One who maintains that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair; -- opposed to monogenist.
References
- polygenist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913