Multilineage

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Multiple lineages countable, uncountable

    "a multilineage progenitor"

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"This is a crucial point: the road to the present is not an evolution of unilinear descent; rather, it is a complex formation of multilineages, each including several segments and a number of extended families, of the same origin but with very different outlooks."

Etymology

From multi- + lineage.

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