pedigree

ped·i·gree

P0146600 (pĕd′ĭ-grē′)n.1. a. A line of ancestors; a lineage.b. A list of ancestors; a family tree.2. A chart of an individual's ancestors used in human genetics to analyze Mendelian inheritance of certain traits, especially of familial diseases.3. A list of the ancestors of a purebred animal.4. A continuous history or series of precedents, especially considered as evidence of respectability or legitimacy: "The practice of larding legislation with special interest lucre has, of course, a lengthy pedigree in American politics" (Jonathan Chait).

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[Middle English pedegru, from Anglo-Norman pe de grue : pe, foot (from Latin pēs; see pedi-) + de, of (from Latin dē; see de-) + grue, crane (from the resemblance of a crane's foot to the lines of succession on a genealogical chart) (from Vulgar Latin *grūā, from Latin grūs, gru-; see gerə- in Indo-European roots).]

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ped′i·greed′ adj.

pedigree

(ˈpɛdɪˌɡriː) n1. (Zoology) a. the line of descent of a purebred animalb. (as modifier): a pedigree bull. 2. (Zoology) a document recording this3. a genealogical table, esp one indicating pure ancestry4. derivation or background: the pedigree of an idea. [C15: from Old French pie de grue crane's foot, alluding to the spreading lines used in a genealogical chart] ˈpediˌgreed adj

ped•i•gree

(ˈpɛd ɪˌgri)

n. 1. an ancestral line; lineage; ancestry. 2. a genealogical record, esp. of a purebred animal. 3. distinguished or pure ancestry. 4. derivation; history. adj. 5. having established purebred ancestry: a pedigree collie. Also, ped′i•greed`. [1375–1425; late Middle English pedegru < Anglo-French; Middle French pie de grue literally, foot of (a) crane, a fanciful way of describing the appearance of the lines of a genealogical chart] syn: pedigree, genealogy refer to an account of ancestry. A pedigree is a table or chart recording a line of ancestors, either of persons or (more commonly) of animals, as horses, cattle, and dogs; in the case of animals, such a table is used as proof of superior qualities: a detailed pedigree. A genealogy is an account of the descent of a person or family traced through a series of generations, usu. from the first known ancestor: a genealogy that includes a king.

Pedigree

 a race or line; lineage; a long series; a string of people.Examples: pedigree of dogs; of Popes, 1532.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pedigree - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"blood line, bloodline, ancestry, lineage, line of descent, stemma, parentage, blood, origin, descent, stock, linekinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, family line, sept, folk, family - people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"side - a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side"family tree, genealogy - successive generations of kin
	2.	pedigree - line of descent of a purebred animalbreed, strain, stock - a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep"
	3.	pedigree - ancestry of a purebred animalbloodlineancestry, filiation, lineage, derivation - inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
Adj.	1.	pedigree - having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animalpedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded, thoroughbredpurebred - bred for many generations from member of a recognized breed or strain

pedigree

adjective1. purebred, thoroughbred, full-blooded A pedigree dog will never cost less than a three-figure sum.noun1. lineage, family, line, race, stock, blood, breed, heritage, descent, extraction, ancestry, family tree, genealogy, derivation a countess of impeccable pedigree

pedigree

noun1. One's ancestors or their character or one's ancestral derivation:ancestry, birth, blood, bloodline, descent, extraction, family, genealogy, line, lineage, origin, parentage, seed, stock.2. A written record of ancestry:family tree, genealogy.

Translations

纯种的名门出身家谱

pedigree

(ˈpedigriː) noun1. a list of the ancestors from whom a person or animal is descended. a dog's pedigree. 家譜 家谱2. distinguished descent or ancestry. a man of pedigree. 名門出身 名门出身 adjective (of an animal) pure-bred; from a long line of ancestors of the same breed. a herd of pedigree cattle. 純種的 纯种的

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