Definition of pedigrees Pedigrees
/pɛˈdʌgɹiz/ - [pedugreez] -
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What does pedigrees mean?
Wiktionary 
- pedigrees (Noun)
Plural of pedigree.
Part of speech
🔤- pedigrees, noun, plural of pedigree.
WordNet
NounPlural: pedigrees |
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| pedigree - ancestry of a purebred animal | ||
| bloodline | ||
| pedigree - line of descent of a purebred animal | ||
| pedigree - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" | ||
| lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock | ||
| family tree, genealogy the study or investigation of ancestry and family history | ||
| family line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, folk, family people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next" | ||
Adjective |
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| pedigree - having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal | ||
| pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded, thoroughbred | ||
| purebred bred for many generations from member of a recognized breed or strain | ||
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Wiktionary
- pedigree (Noun)
A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding. - pedigree (Noun)
A person's ancestral history; ancestry, lineage. - pedigree (Noun)
The history or provenance of an idea, custom etc. - pedigree (Noun)
The ancestry of a domesticated animal, especially a dog or horse. - pedigree (Adjective)
Having a pedigree. - pedigree (Adjective)
Purebred.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pedigree (n.)
A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors. - pedigree (n.)
A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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pedigree
The line of descent of a pure-bred animal.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pedigree
ped′i-grē, n. a line of ancestors: a list, in order, of the ancestors from whom one has descended: lineage: genealogy.—adj. Ped′igreed, having a pedigree. [Skeat suggests Fr. pied de grue, crane's-foot, from its use in the drawing out of pedigrees.]
Part of speech
🔤- pedigree, noun, singular of pedigrees.
