pedigree
['pedigri:]
n. 血统, 谱, 门系

[] 系, 身, 血统



pedigree
[ noun ]

1. the descendants of one individual

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his entire lineage has been warriors

2. line of descent of a purebred animal

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3. ancestry of a purebred animal

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[ adj ]

1. having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal

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Pedigree \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.