lineage
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Labrujasuchus belonged to the archosaur lineage that eventually gave rise to crocodiles, animals best known today for their four-legged bodies and tooth-filled jaws.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
The Bruins imported the latest in a lineage of Bay Area dynamic duos.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
Grogu shows a growing mastery of the Force, even if the toddler’s lineage to the original Jedi sage Yoda remains mysterious and his language mostly gibberish.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Strikingly, goannas are the only known lizard lineage to reacquire osteoderms after losing them.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
I was fairly certain that, if you traced the lineage of all the desserts in the world, each and every one originated in Yazd.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
Vocabulary lists containing lineage
It's All in the Family
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "J," "K," and "L"
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Born a Crime
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