pedigree

(noun, adjective)

adjective

1. having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal

Similar word(s): purebred, pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded, thoroughbred

noun

1. the descendants of one individual

Similar word(s): ancestry, blood, bloodline, descent, line, lineage, origin, parentage, stemma, stock

Definition categories: group, genealogy

2. line of descent of a purebred animal

Definition categories: group, breed, stock, strain

3. ancestry of a purebred animal

Similar word(s): bloodline

Definition categories: attribute, ancestry, derivation, filiation, lineage