— patroclinous, patroclinal, patroclinic /pa'treuh klin"ik, pay'-/ , adj.
/pa"treuh kluy'nee, pay"-/ , n. Genetics.
inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny ).
Also, patricliny .
[ 1915-20; patro- (var. of PATRI- with -O-) + -cliny (see MATROCLINY) ]