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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(anthropology) related by blood
Synonyms:
blood kinship; cognation; consanguinity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("cognation" is a kind of...):
family relationship; kinship; relationship ((anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption)
Domain category:
anthropology (the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family
Synonyms:
cognation; enation; matrilineage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("cognation" is a kind of...):
unilateral descent (line of descent traced through one side of the family)
