dominant
adj 1 : exerting forcefulness or having dominance in a social hierarchy 2 : being the one of a pair of bodily structures that is the more effective or predominant in action <the eye> 3 : of, relating to, or exerting genetic dominance dom*i*nant*ly adv , n 1 : a dominant genetic character or factor 2 : a dominant individual in a social hierarchy .
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