Meaning

1 senses
  1. Those cells of an individual that have genetic material that could be passed to offspring; the source of gametes.

Origin

From germ + line.

From germ + line.

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Forms

plural: germlines
Singulargermline
Pluralgermlines

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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