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heritable

  • adjective
  • /ˈhɛɹɪtəbəl/

That can legally be inherited.

Other meanings

  1. Genetically transmissible from parent to offspring; hereditary.

Related words

  • heritableness
  • heritably
  • nonheritable
  • unheritable

Word history

From Anglo-Norman "heritable".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “heritable” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.