Usually means: Inheritance of previous mates' traits.
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  1. telegony: Merriam-Webster
  2. telegony: Collins English Dictionary
  3. telegony: Wordnik
  4. telegony: Wiktionary
  5. telegony: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. telegony: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Telegony, telegony: Dictionary.com
  8. Telegony (pregnancy), Telegony: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. telegony: FreeDictionary.org
  10. telegony: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  11. telegony: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. telegony: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (telegony)

noun:  The belief that, in the case of siblings from the same mother but different fathers, the second sibling could inherit characteristics from the father of the first.

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