pedigree

ped·i·gree  (pd-gr)

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.

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[Middle English pedegru, from Anglo-Norman pe de grue : pe, foot (from Latin ps; see pedi-) + de, of (from Latin d; see de-) + grue, crane (from the resemblance of a crane's foot to the lines of succession on a genealogical chart) (from Vulgar Latin *gr, from Latin grs, gru-; see ger-² in Indo-European roots).]

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pedi·greed adj.

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pedigree

Noun

1. the line of descent of a purebred animal

2. a document recording this

3. a genealogical table, esp. one indicating pure ancestry [Old French pie de grue crane's foot, alluding to the spreading lines used in a genealogical chart]

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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, line kinfolk, 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 animal breed, 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 animal bloodline ancestry, 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 animal pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded, thoroughbred purebred - bred for many generations from member of a recognized breed or strain

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pedigree

modifier 1. purebred, thoroughbred, full-blooded

noun 2. lineage, family, line, race, stock, blood, breed, heritage, descent, extraction, ancestry, family tree, genealogy, derivation

Translations

pedigree [ˈpɛdɪgriː] n → genealogía; [of animal] → pedigrí m

cpd [animal] → de raza, de casta

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pedigree [ˈpɛdɪgriː] n → ascendance f [of animal]; pedigree m

cpd [animal] → de race

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pedigree [ˈpɛdɪgriː] n [of animal] → Stammbaum m (fig) (= background); Vorgeschichte f

cpd [dog] → Rasse-, reinrassig

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pedigree [ˈpɛdɪgriː] n → stirpe f [of animal] → pedigree m inv

cpd [animal] → di razza

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pedigree

n pedigree [ˈpedigriː]

1 a list of the ancestors from whom a person or animal is descended a dog's pedigree. stamboom نَسَب родословие rodokmen stamtavle der Stammbaum γενεαλογικό δένδρο pedigrí, linaje sugupuu شجره نامه sukupuu pedigree שַלשֶלֶת יוֹחֲסִין वंशावली, वंशवृक्ष pedigre,rodovnik pedigré silsilah ættartala genealogia; pedigree 系図 가계(家系), 혈통 genealogija, kilmė ģenealoģija, raduraksti salasilah stamboom, stamboek stamtavle genealogia genealogia pedigree; des­cendenţă родословная rodokmeň rodovnik pedigre stamträd, stamtavla เชื้อสายวงศ์ตระกูล soy 家譜 родовід, генеалогія شجرۂ نسب phả hệ 家谱

2 distinguished descent or ancestry a man of pedigree. afkoms أصْل كَريم произход urozený původ baggrund; herkomst die Herkunft ευγενής καταγωγή de casta, de alto linaje õilis päritolu اصل و نسب اصیل ylhäinen syntyperä ascendance distinguée שַלשֶלֶת יוֹחֲסִין वंश, वंशानुक्रम čistokrvan ősi (származású) punya silsilah göfugt ætterni lignaggio 毛並みの良さ 명문 kilminga giminė, aukšta kilmė augsta izcelšanās tentu salasilahnya van hoge komaf fornem herkomst pochodzenie linhagem origine nobilă происхождение starý pôvod imenitnega rodu pedigre härkomst ตระกูลเด่น soylu (bir adam) 名門出身 походження اچھي نسل dòng giống 名门出身

adj

(of an animal) pure-bred; from a long line of ancestors of the same breed a herd of pedigree cattle. rasvee أصيل، ذو حَسَب породист čistokrevný race- reinrassig εκλεκτής παραγωγής de raza (animal), pura sangre de (caballo) tõu- اصیل kantakirja-, puhdasrotuinen de (pure) race גִּזעִי नस्ल podrijetlo törzskönyvezett berdarah murni með góðan/göfugan uppruna; hreinræktaður (che ha il pedigree) 純血種の 순종의 veislinis šķirnes-; sugas- tentu salasilahnya ras{#169} rase- z rodowodem, rodowodowy puro sangue de rasă породистый čistokrvný čistokrven poznatog porekla ras- ที่มีเชิ้อสายดี cins, safkan 純種的 племінний اصلي النسب có nòi 纯种的