- 1. n. A figure of speech by which one form of a noun, verb, or pronoun, and the like, is used for another, as in the sentence: "What is life to such as me?" Source: opted
- 2. n. (genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent Source: wordnet
- 3. A figure of speech by which one form of a noun, verb, or pronoun, and the like, is used for another, as in the sentence: "What is life to such as me" Aytoun. Source: webster
- 4. A figure of speech by which one form of a noun, verb, orpronoun, and the like, is used for another, as in the sentence: "Whatis life to such as me" Aytoun. Source: adambom
- 5. n. (genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent Source: ecdict
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