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   Lin·e·age

   /ˈlīnij/

   

   noun

   • 1. lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree: "a Dutch nobleman of ancient lineage"
   • ▪ a social group tracing its descent from a single ancestor.
   • 2. a sequence of species each of which is considered to have evolved from its predecessor: "the chimpanzee and gorilla lineages"
   • ▪ a sequence of cells in the body which developed from a common ancestral cell: "the myeloid lineage"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French lignage, from Latin linea ‘a line’ (see line1).

   Scrabble Points: 8

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