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Webster 1913 Edition


Polygenist

Po-lyg′e-nist

(-nĭst)
,
Noun.
(Biol.)
One who maintains that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair; – opposed to
monogenist
.

Definition 2024


polygenist

polygenist

English

Noun

polygenist (plural polygenists)

  1. One who maintains that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair; -- opposed to monogenist.

References

  • polygenist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913