Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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line of descent | Yes | No | No | No |
genealogy | Yes | No | No | No |
line of descent (noun) | genealogy (noun) |
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the hereditary derivation of an individual | the study or investigation of ancestry and family history |
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors | successive generations of kin |