Found 3 items, similar to Pedigree.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: pedigree silsilah
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pedigree pedigree n 1: the descendants of one individual; “his entire lineage has been warriors” [syn: lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock] 2: line of descent of a pure-bred animal 3: ancestry of a purebred animal [syn: bloodline] pedigree adj : having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal [syn: pedigree(a), pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded, thoroughbred]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pedigree Pedigree \Ped"i*gree\, n. [Of unknown origin; possibly fr. F. par degr['e]s by degrees, -- for a pedigree is properly a genealogical table which records the relationship of families by degrees; or, perh., fr. F. pied de grue crane's foot, from the shape of the heraldic genealogical trees.] 1. A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors. [1913 Webster] Alterations of surnames . . . have obscured the truth of our pedigrees. --Camden. [1913 Webster] His vanity labored to contrive us a pedigree. --Milton. [1913 Webster] I am no herald to inquire of men's pedigrees. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] The Jews preserved the pedigrees of their tribes. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster] 2. (Stock Breeding) A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse. [1913 Webster]