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Definition of: Kallikak
(kal′ə·kak)
A pseudonym used for the members of an actual New Jersey family whose history, as investigated by H. H. God-dard, in 1912, showed abnormal incidence of crime, disease, and pauperism. Compare JUKES. [<Gk. kalli- beautiful + kakos evil]
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