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noun
Descent traced from all biological descendants, regardless of sex and side of the family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Descent traced from an ancestor, regardless of sex and side of the family of the intervening generations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
line of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the family
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation
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