KINFOLK

family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry

(noun) people descended from a common ancestor; “his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

kinfolk (countable and uncountable, plural kinfolks)

(US, also in plural) Relatives, relations.

Synonyms

• family

• relations

• relatives

Anagrams

• folknik

Source: Wiktionary



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28 April 2024

POLYGENIC

(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes


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