Meaning of PEDIGREE
| Pronunciation: | | 'pedu`gree
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- [n] ancestry of a purebred animal
- [n] line of descent of a pure-bred animal
- [n] the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
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| | Synonyms: | | ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage |
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| | See Also: | | ancestry, breed, derivation, family, family line, family tree, filiation, folk, genealogy, kinfolk, kinsfolk, lineage, phratry, sept, side, stock, strain, variety | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ped"i*gree\, n. [Of unknown origin; possibly fr. F.
par degr['e]s 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) A record of the lineage or strain of an
animal, as of a horse.
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| | Definition: | | A record of one's ancestors, offspring, siblings, and their offspring that may be used to determine the pattern of certain genes or disease inheritance within a family. |
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| | Definition: | | A pedigree is the information regarding the ancestors. In medical genetics, pedigree is often expressed by a diagram of ancestors and information of their inheritance of a certain trait. Symbols often used in a diagram of pedigree: - male: a square
- female: a circle
- marriage: a bar connecting the square and the circle
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- A diagram mapping the genetic history of a par- ticular family.
- A family tree diagram that shows how a particular genetic trait or disease has been inherited.
- a diagrammatic reconstruction of past mating in a family.
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| | Related Terms: | | Almanach de Gotha, ancestry, birth, blood, bloodline, blue book, derivation, descent, directory, extraction, family, family tree, full-blooded, genealogical tree, genealogy, heritage, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigreed, Red Book, roots, Royal Kalendar, Social Register, Stammbaum, stemma, stock, strain, studbook, thoroughbred, tree |
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