Lineage
61lineage — any continuous line of descent; any series of organisms connected by reproduction by parent of offspring …
62lineage — Descent in a line from a common progenitor or source. [O. Fr. ligne, line of descent] * * * lin·e·age lin ē ijalso lin ij n 1) descent in a line from a common progenitor 2) a group of individuals descended from a common ancestor <replication… …
63lineage — Synonyms and related words: Indian file, affiliation, aftermath, ancestry, animal kingdom, apparentation, array, articulation, bank, birth, blood, bloodline, branch, breed, brood, buzz, catena, catenation, chain, chain reaction, chaining,… …
64lineage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ancestry, family, pedigree, posterity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. forefathers, ancestors, genealogy, progenitors; see family 1 , heredity . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. descent, ancestry, stock,… …
65lineage — lin|e|age [ lıniıdʒ ] noun count or uncount FORMAL the people in your family who lived in the past …
66lineage — See descent groups …
67lineage — lin·e·age || lɪnɪɪdÊ’ n. direct descent from an ancestor; ancestry, family, genealogy …
68lineage — n. Progeny, race, family, house, genealogy, descent, line, birth, breed, extraction …
69lineage — Line of descent of an organism; ancestry. See also genealogy …
70lineage — n 1. ancestry, family tree, extraction, parentage, pedigree, bloodline, strain; descent, genealogy. 2. dynasty, house, family, race, people, tribe, clan; stirps, descendants, heritage, succession, progeny …