genes
Meaning of genes
- (in informal use) a unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.
playing tennis is in my genes
early 20th century: from German Gen, from Pangen, a supposed ultimate unit of heredity (from Greek pan- ‘all’ + genos ‘race, kind, offspring’).
Information about genes
- It is a name.
- The singular form of genes is: gene.
- Languages in which genes is used:
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Hyphenation of genes
genes
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- genes is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Anagrams of genes
Words that rhyme with genes
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