单词 | pedigree book |
释义 | > as lemmaspedigree book pedigree book n. (a) a book which records genealogies and other matter relating to family history (now rare); (b) a book which records the pedigrees of domesticated animals (cf. herd-book n.). ΚΠ 1778 T. Pennant Tour in Wales I. Index Salusbury pedigree-book. 1900 William & Mary Coll. Q. Hist. Mag. 9 62 The connection..is further shown by an extract from the family pedigree book at the house of the present Lord Hatherton. 1917 R. S. Lull Org. Evol. 156 Galton's law of ancestral inheritance was based upon..the carefully kept pedigree books of the kennels of the Basset Hounds Club. 1987 Christie's (N.Y.) Sale Catal.: Charity Sale for Sportsmen 4 June 19 The family still has pedigree books going back to 1760. < as lemmas |
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