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pedigree 音標拼音: [p'ɛdəgri] n. 血統,家譜 血統,家譜 pedigree adj 1: having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal [ synonym: { pedigree( a)}, { pedigreed}, { pureblood}, { pureblooded}, { thoroughbred}] n 1: the descendants of one individual; " his entire lineage has been warriors" [ synonym: { lineage}, { line}, { line of descent}, { descent}, { bloodline}, { blood line}, { blood}, { pedigree}, { ancestry}, { origin}, { parentage}, { stemma}, { stock}] 2: line of descent of a purebred animal 3: ancestry of a purebred animal [ synonym: { pedigree}, { bloodline}] Pedigree \ Ped" i* gree\ ( p[ e^] d"[ i^]* gr[= e]), 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. [ 1913 Webster] Alterations of surnames . . . have obscured the truth of our pedigrees. -- Camden. [ 1913 Webster] His vanity labored to contrive us a pedigree. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] I am no herald to inquire of men' s pedigrees. -- Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster] The Jews preserved the pedigrees of their tribes. -- Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Stock Breeding) A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse. [ 1913 Webster] 33 Moby Thesaurus words for " pedigree": Almanach de Gotha, Red Book, Royal Kalendar, Social Register, Stammbaum, 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, roots, stemma, stock, strain, studbook, thoroughbred, tree
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