单词 | lineage |
释义 | lineage/ˈlɪnɪɪdʒ![]() noun 1 [mass noun] Direct descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree: a Dutch nobleman of ancient lineage [count noun]: great families and their lineages...
Synonyms ancestry, family, parentage, birth; descent, line, extraction, derivation, heritage, genealogy, roots, house, dynasty, origin, background; stock, strain, race, bloodline, blood, breeding, pedigree, succession 1.1 [count noun] Anthropology A social group tracing its descent from a single ancestor.Generally, land belongs jointly to the members of lineages or other kin groups....
2 Biology A sequence of species each of which is considered to have evolved from its predecessor: the chimpanzee and gorilla lineages...
2.1A sequence of cells in the body which developed from a common ancestral cell: the myeloid lineage...
OriginMiddle English: from Old French lignage, from Latin linea 'a line' (see line1). |
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