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A record or table of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; a family tree.
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Direct descent from an ancestor; lineage or pedigree.
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The study or investigation of ancestry and family histories.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; an enumeration of ancestors and their descendants in the natural order of succession.
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In biology, a similar tracing of the lines of descent of animals or plants from ancestral forms. See evolution.
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Pedigree; lineage; regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor.
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Progeny; offspring; generation.
noun.SynonymsLineage, etc. See pedigree.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree.
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Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor; pedigree; lineage.