telegony

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: te=leg=o=ny

CIDE DICTIONARY

telegony, n. [Gr. th^le far + root of Gr. to be born.].

 The supposed influence of a father upon offspring subsequent to his own, begotten of the same mother by another father.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

telegony, n. Biol. the supposed influence of a previous sire on the offspring of a dam with other sires.

Derivative

telegonic adj.

Etymology

TELE- + Gk -gonia begetting

ROGET THESAURUS

telegony

Effect

N effect, consequence, aftergrowth, aftercome, derivative, derivation, result, resultant, resultance, upshot, issue, denouement, end, development, outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud, production, produce, work, handiwork, fabric, performance, creature, creation, offspring, offshoot, firstfruits, firstlings, heredity, telegony, premices premises, owing to, resulting from, derivable from, due to, caused by, dependent upon, derived from, evolved from, derivative, hereditary, telegonous, of course, it follows that, naturally, consequently, as a consequence, in consequence, through, all along of, necessarily, eventually, cela va sans dire, thereby hangs a tale.