polygenist
English
Etymology
From
polygeny
+
-ist
.
Noun
polygenist
(
plural
polygenists
)
One who maintains that
animals
of the same
species
are
descended
from more than one
original
pair
.
Antonyms
monogenist
References
“
polygenist
”, in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary
, Springfield, Mass.:
G. & C. Merriam
,
1913
,
→OCLC
.