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| 1. | [ noun ] (genetics) properties attributable to your ancestry | |
| Synonyms: | origin extraction | |
| Examples: | "he comes from good origins" |
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| Related terms: | ancestry full_blood | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a movement downward | |
| Related terms: | change_of_location slide sinking shower set drop lightening descend | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the act of changing your location in a downward direction | |
| Related terms: | motion flop abseil crash_dive swoop drop dive jump | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (geography) a downward slope | |
| Synonyms: | fall declivity downslope declension declination decline | |
| Related terms: | ascent slope downhill steep decline fall | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (biology) the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors | |
| Synonyms: | lineage filiation line_of_descent | |
| Related terms: | kinship bilateral_descent unilateral_descent filiate | |
| 6. | [ noun ] the descendants of one individual | |
| Synonyms: | stock ancestry line pedigree lineage blood origin parentage blood_line bloodline stemma line_of_descent | |
| Examples: | "his entire lineage has been warriors" |
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| Related terms: | genealogy breed family side rear | |
| Similar spelling: |
decent dehiscent descendent descendant decently decant descend descant Dechant decanter De_Santo De_Santi descender decontrol De_Santis descending descant_on decimate |
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