pedigreed

Variant of pedigree

pedigree definition

pedi·gree (ped′i grē′)

noun

  1. a list of ancestors; record of ancestry; family tree
  2. descent; lineage; ancestry
  3. a recorded or known line of descent, esp. of a purebred animal

Etymology: ME pedegru, pe de gre < MFr pié de grue, lit., crane's foot < L pes, foot + grus, a crane: from the lines in the genealogical tree

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