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Matrilineage

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Lineage based upon the maternal line; a group of descendants related through a common female lineage. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family wordnet

Etymology

From matri- + lineage.

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