The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word GENE which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2017.
Thing passed on from parent to child crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GENE | 100 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Thing passed on from parent to child
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- heirloom
- heritage
- legacy
- inherit
- heir
- heir apparent
- inheritance
- hereditary
- patrimonial
- representative
- entail
- tail
Crossword Answer definitions
GENE noun- A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.
- A segment of DNA or RNA from a cell's or an organism's genome, that may take several forms and thus parameterizes a phenomenon, in general the structure of a protein; locus.
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