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GEMMULE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The physically discrete element that Darwin proposed as responsible for heredity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("gemmule" is a kind of...):
hypothesis; possibility; theory (a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena)
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