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   Ped·i·gree

   /ˈpedəˌɡrē/

   

   noun

   • 1. the record of descent of an animal, showing it to be purebred: "they are looking for animals with pedigrees"
   • ▪ a purebred animal.
   • 2. the recorded ancestry, especially upper-class ancestry, of a person or family: "with a pedigree equal to many of the gentry"
   • ▪ the background or history of a person or thing, especially as conferring distinction or quality: "the scheme has a long pedigree"
   • ▪ a genealogical table: "my host showed me his family pedigree"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French pé de grue ‘crane's foot’, a mark used to denote succession in pedigrees.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pedigreed adjective

   Scrabble Points: 12

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