agnatic

Variant of agnate

noun

a relative through male descent or on the father's side

Origin: L agnatus < pp. of agnasci, to be born in addition to < ad-, to + nasci, to be born: see genus

adjective

  1. related through male descent or on the father's side
  2. akin

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