pedigree
noun
- a list of ancestors; record of ancestry; family tree
- descent; lineage; ancestry
- a recorded or known line of descent, esp. of a purebred animal
See pedigree in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(pĕdˈĭ-grēˌ)
nouna. A line of ancestors; a lineage.
b. A list of ancestors; a family tree.
- A chart of an individual's ancestors used in human genetics to analyze Mendelian inheritance of certain traits, especially of familial diseases.
- A list of the ancestors of a purebred animal.
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