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patrilineal (adjective) (not comparable)
Concerning lineage or kinship through the male line: While being involved in the genealogy of her family, Alice was able to trace her patrilineal ancestry back to 1880.
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-al; -ial, -eal
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lino-, lin-, line-
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pater-, patri-, patro-, patr-, -patria
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patrilineal, patrilineage
1. Designating or of descent, kinship, or derivation through the father instead of the mother.
2. Related to descent through the male line; inheritance of the Y chromosome is exclusively patrilineal.
2. Related to descent through the male line; inheritance of the Y chromosome is exclusively patrilineal.
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pater-, patri-, patro-, patr-, -patria
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