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PEDIGREE
pedigree, bloodline
(noun) ancestry of a purebred animal
pedigree
(noun) line of descent of a purebred animal
lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
(noun) the descendants of one individual; “his entire lineage has been warriors”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pedigree (countable and uncountable, plural pedigrees)
A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding. [from 15th c.]
A person's ancestral history; ancestry, lineage. [from 15th c.]
(uncountable) Good breeding or ancestry. [from 15th c.]
The history or provenance of an idea, custom etc. [from 16th c.]
The ancestry of a domesticated animal, especially a dog or horse. [from 17th c.]
Adjective
pedigree (comparative more pedigree, superlative most pedigree)
Having a pedigree.
Purebred.
Verb
pedigree (third-person singular simple present pedigrees, present participle pedigreeing, simple past and past participle pedigreed)
(transitive) To determine the pedigree of (an animal).
Source: Wiktionary
Ped"i*gree, n. Etym: [Of unknown origin; possibly fr. F. par degrés by degrees, -- for a pedigree is properly a genealogical table which records the relationship of families by degrees; or, perh., fr. F. pied de grue crane's foot, from the shape of the heraldic genealogical trees.]
1. A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors. Alterations of surnames . . . have obscured the truth of our pedigrees. Camden. His vanity labored to contrive us a pedigree. Milton. I am no herald to inquire of men's pedigrees. Sir P. Sidney. The Jews preserved the pedigrees of their tribes. Atterbury.
2. (Stock Breeding)
Definition: A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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