Pedigree

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A line of ancestors; a lineage.
  • n. A list of ancestors; a family tree.
  • n. A chart of an individual's ancestors used in human genetics to analyze Mendelian inheritance of certain traits, especially of familial diseases.
  • n. A list of the ancestors of a purebred animal.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having a pedigree.
  • adj. Purebred.
  • n. A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding.
  • n. Good breeding or ancestry.
  • n. A history or provenance.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors.
  • n. A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; list of ancestors; genealogical tree.
  • n. 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.
  • To breed (animals) with reference to pedigree (chiefly).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the descendants of one individual
  • adj. having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal
  • n. ancestry of a purebred animal
  • n. line of descent of a purebred animal
  • Equivalent
    purebred   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ancestry    derivation    lineage    filiation    breed    stock    strain   
    Cross Reference
    genealogy   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    descent    lineage    genealogy   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    lineage    parentage    ancestry    heritage    upbringing    fagan    genealogy    polity