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

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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

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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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