Pedigree

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A line of ancestors; a lineage.
  • noun. A list of ancestors; a family tree.
  • noun. A chart of an individual's ancestors used in human genetics to analyze Mendelian inheritance of certain traits, especially of familial diseases.
  • noun. A list of the ancestors of a purebred animal.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To breed (animals) with reference to pedigree (chiefly).
  • noun. Line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; list of ancestors; genealogical tree.
  • noun. Synonyms Pedigree, Genealogy, Lineage. Pedigree may be used with reference either to a person or to an animal, as the pedigree of a horse; the others only to a person or family. In some cases it extends to geologic time: as, the pedigree of Cænozoic horses. Genealogy is the series of generations, coming down from the first known ancestor. Lineage views the person as coming in a line of descent, generally honorable, which, however, need not be traced, as in a genealogy or pedigree. Pedigree and lineage are generally much narrower words than genealogy, the last usually covering some personal history and including details of various matters of interest to the persons or families concerned.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors.
  • noun. A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Having a pedigree.
  • adjective. Purebred.
  • noun. A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding.
  • noun. Good breeding or ancestry.
  • noun. A history or provenance.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the descendants of one individual
  • adjective. having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal
  • noun. ancestry of a purebred animal
  • noun. line of descent of a purebred animal
  • Word Usage
    "Jeter always seems to be in the middle of the action when the Yankees put together a rally, and his postseason pedigree is unassailable."
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