ped·i·gree /ˈpɛdəˌgri/
血統,家譜
ped·i·gree /ˈpɛdəˌgrɪ/ 名詞
系譜,譜系,血統
Ped·i·gree n.
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 A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse.
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pedigree
adj : having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred
animal [syn: pedigree(a), pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded,
thoroughbred]
n 1: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has
been warriors" [syn: lineage, line, line of descent,
descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, ancestry,
origin, parentage, stemma, stock]
2: line of descent of a pure-bred animal
3: ancestry of a purebred animal [syn: bloodline]