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matrilineal
adjective
(mat-ri-lin-e-al)
based on or tracing descent through the female line
Synonyms:
matrilinear
,
Examples:
Matrilineal inheritance.
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matrilineal
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lineal
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direct
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matrilinear
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patrilineal
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akan
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endogamous
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matriarchal
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ancestral
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patriarchal
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polyandrous
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hereditary
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consanguineous
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feudal
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austronesian
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bantu
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animistic
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polygynous
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landowning
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polytheistic
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amerindian
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patriarchic
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clannish
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feudalistic
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monophyletic
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dynastic
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ashkenazic
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monotheistic
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casteless
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tribal
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patrimonial
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familial
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nilotic
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cushitic
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khoisan
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efik
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chordate
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negroid
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dravidian
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hamitic
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outbred
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ovambo
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caddoan
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irula
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zamindari
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exclusivist
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brahmanic
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ceylonese
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melanesian
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iroquoian
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andamanese
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tswana
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algonquian
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mendelian
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siouan
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caucasoid
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unisexual
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hellenized
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monistic
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subgenus
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avestan
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gond
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hindoo
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dyadic
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bisayan
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nguni
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lahu
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chagga
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adivasi
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polynesian
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theravada
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manchu
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illyrian
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monozygotic
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ibibio
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phrygian
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moabite
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eukaryote
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prehistorical
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sephardi
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autosomal
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carolingian
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matabele
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syncretic
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outcaste
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particularist
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matrilineal
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