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Definition of "idant" [idant]

  • A group of ids or bearers of the hereditary qualities of an individual organism in the germ-plasm or substance of inheritance. (noun)
  • Figuratively used in sociology to designate certain naturally selected individuals of differing classes or races, who seek each other in reproduction, and so create a new stock, as idants (chromatic bodies) in the reproduction cell do in biological reproduction. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "idant" in a sentence
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  • "Two English mastiffs regua. idant, proper, each having a plain collar."
  • "COSTS. ire facias to repeal a charter, the idant shall pay costs for a new ot always to follow the event of lause; as where the money was L due to the defendant apon ac -"