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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | transmission of traits from parents to offspring |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, congenital traits, constitution, eugenics, genesiology, genetic make-up, genetics, inborn character, inheritance |
| Antonyms: | acquirement |
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| Main Entry: | DNA |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deoxyribonucleic acid |
| Synonyms: | RNA, chromosome, gene, genetic code, heredity, nucleic acid |
| Notes: | DNA is the prime constituent of chromosomes and it controls the hereditary characteristics and synthesis of proteins within the cells of virtually all living beings; RNA is a complex nucleic acid in cells that is involved in the synthesis of protein |
| Main Entry: | family tree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | genealogical chart |
| Synonyms: | ancestral tree, ancestry, bloodline, descent, family history, genealogical chart, genealogical tree, genealogy, heredity, line, lineage, pedigree, stemma, tree |
| Main Entry: | genealogy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's family tree |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, blood line, derivation, descent, extraction, generation, genetics, heredity, history, line, lineage, parentage, pedigree, progeniture, stemma, stirps, stock, strain |
| Main Entry: | line |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestry |
| Synonyms: | breed, descent, family, heredity, lineage, pedigree, race, stock, strain, succession |
| Main Entry: | lineage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestry |
| Synonyms: | birth, blood, breed, clan, descendants, descent, extraction, family, folk, forebears, genealogy, heredity, house, kin, kindred, line, offspring, origin, pedigree, progenitors, progeny, race, stirps, stock, succession, tribe |
| Notes: | linage (pronounced LYE-nij) refers to the number of lines of printed material, as in a newspaper; lineage (pronounced LIN-ee-ij) refers to ancestry, derivation, or line of descent |
| Main Entry: | offspring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | child, children |
| Synonyms: | baby, bambino, brood, chip off old block, cub, descendant, family, generation, heir, heredity, issue, kid*, lineage, offshoot, posterity, produce, progeniture, progeny, pup, scion, seed, spawn, succession, successor, young |
| Antonyms: | parent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pedigree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestry, heritage |
| Synonyms: | blood, breed, clan, derivation, descent, extraction, family, family tree, genealogy, heredity, line, lineage, origin, race, stirps, stock |
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| Main Entry: | descent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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deciduous, declivous, decurrent, decursive, defluous, demersal, descendent, descending, downgyred, labent, nodding to its fall, stillatitious
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