heritable
/ˈhɛrɪtəbəl/
adjective
- Capable of being passed from parent to offspring through genes; inheritable.
- Scientists are studying which characteristics are heritable in dogs.
- Eye color is a heritable trait.
- Some diseases are heritable and run in families.
- Capable of being inherited by law, as property or title.
- In some countries, land is heritable by all children equally.
- The title of duke is heritable through the male line.
- The estate was heritable by the eldest son under the old law.
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