pedigree

n. குடிவழி, மரபுக் கால்வழி அட்டவணை, வம்சாவளி, விலங்கின் மரபுக் கால்வழி, மரபுக் கால்வழியுடையது.

Synonyms

descent parentage genealogy lineage [seebirth_and_lineage]

Ped"i*gree, n. Etym: [Of unknown origin; possibly fr. F. par degrés 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) Defn: A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse.

pedigree - Similar Words

pedigreed pedireme unpedigreed pledgee perigee pedicure kedgeree disagree pledge perdie