AVENTINE

Av"en*tine, a.

Definition: Pertaining to Mons Aventinus, one of the seven hills on which Rome stood. Bryant.

Av"en*tine, n.

Definition: A post of security or defense. [Poetic] Into the castle's tower, The only Aventine that now is left him. Beau. & Fl.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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POLYGENIC

(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes


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