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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In teratology, the duplication of parts normally single, or the production of a double monster.
  • noun In biology, the process by which a change in the environment which produces a change in an organism produces a similar change in the germ-cells that are contained in its body, so that descendants in later generations are born with an inherited adaptation for meeting and responding to this specific change in the environment.

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