Sirehood
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The property of being a father. uncountable
"The female signal is thus "honest enough" to give the dominant male a reasonable degree of paternity certainty while leaving other males with a smaller (but greater than zero) probability of sirehood."
Example
More examples"The female signal is thus "honest enough" to give the dominant male a reasonable degree of paternity certainty while leaving other males with a smaller (but greater than zero) probability of sirehood."
Etymology
From sire + -hood. Piecewise doublet of seniorhood.