BILATERAL DESCENT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Line of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("bilateral descent" is a kind of...):

descent; filiation; line of descent; lineage (the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors)

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