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Nouns (17)

n. a tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work

n. an eye having a single lens

lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock

n. the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"

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Fuzzynyms (16)

ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation

n. inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe

n. group of people related by blood or marriage

dynasty

n. a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family

house

n. aristocratic family line; "the House of York"

house

n. the management of a gambling house or casino; "the house gets a percentage of every bet"

race

n. people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings"

parent

n. an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained

patriarch

n. any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race

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offspring, progeny, issue

n. the immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue"

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