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Aunt

Aunt

1. The sister of one's father or mother; correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.

aunt is sometimes applied as a title or term of endearment to a kind elderly woman not thus related.

2. An old woman; and old gossip.

3. A bawd, or a prostitute. Aunt sally, a puppet head placed on a pole and having a pipe in its mouth; also a game, which consists in trying to hit the pipe by throwing short bludgeons at it.

Origin: OF. Ante, f. Tante, L. Amita fathers sister. Cf. Amma.


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Which Is Genetically Worse?

Theoretically you can have no DNA common with any of them, but grandparent is similarly related as your uncle/aunt, thus cousin is "one-generation further".

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by JackBean
Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:17 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Which Is Genetically Worse?
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Views: 978

Phenotypes, Genotypes, and Eye Color

... need to know what the genotype would be for each individual so it would be: my dad's dad: brown eyes my dad's mom: brown eyes my dad: blue eyes my aunt: blue eyes my uncle: blue eyes Here is the the specific wording on my assignment: -If an individual in the family shows a recessive trait but the ...

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by sfossen1
Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:34 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Phenotypes, Genotypes, and Eye Color
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Views: 1282

Homosexuality - mutation? Evolutionary reasons.

... are not the normal heterosexual. And given how I am, it makes it even more interesting to wonder if homosexuality is genetic. One of my lesbian aunts had 3 children - 2 boys, 1 girl. Her oldest, a boy, could be presumed a virgin, though it is unknown. What is known is that he is single and quite ...

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by ChesneMD
Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:30 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Homosexuality - mutation? Evolutionary reasons.
Replies: 39
Views: 34945

Re: two different color eyes

... my eye. Was very noticeable when I was younger but when I reached puberty weirdly enough the brown faded slightly. Oh, apparently I have a great aunt who had one blue and one brown eye. Must be genetic I suppose. http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5270/5885356912_948af39ea6_b.jpg ...

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by erw
Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:36 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: two different color eyes
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Natural selection wrong due to transmission of harmful genes

... disease, and hereditary hemochromatosis I have a friend who lost her parents a few years ago and she is doing just fine living with her aunt. aint she lucky the full quote says All members of the human population play their part in the survival of the species- humans are not a species ...

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by gamila
Wed Jun 03, 2009 6:08 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection wrong due to transmission of harmful genes
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