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PEDIGREE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ancestry of a purebred animal
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("pedigree" is a kind of...):
ancestry; derivation; filiation; lineage (inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Line of descent of a purebred animal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("pedigree" is a kind of...):
breed; stock; strain (a special variety of domesticated animals within a species)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The descendants of one individual
Example:
his entire lineage has been warriors
Synonyms:
ancestry; blood; blood line; bloodline; descent; line; line of descent; lineage; origin; parentage; pedigree; stemma; stock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("pedigree" is a kind of...):
family tree; genealogy (successive generations of kin)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pedigree"):
family; family line; folk; kinfolk; kinsfolk; phratry; sept (people descended from a common ancestor)
side (a family line of descent)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal
Synonyms:
pedigree; pedigreed; pureblood; pureblooded; thoroughbred
Classified under:
Similar:
purebred (bred for many generations from member of a recognized breed or strain)
