Po‐lyg″e‐nism (pō̍‐lĭj″ē̍‐nĭz'm), n. [Cf. F. polygénisme.] (Biol.) The doctrine that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.