bloodline

blood·line

B0333700 (blŭd′līn′)n. Direct line of descent; pedigree.

bloodline

(ˈblʌdˌlaɪn) n (Sociology) all the members of a family group over generations, esp regarding characteristics common to that group; pedigree

blood•line

(ˈblʌdˌlaɪn)

n. 1. (usu. of animals) the line of descent; pedigree; strain. 2. ancestry; family. [1905–10]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bloodline - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"ancestry, blood line, lineage, pedigree, stemma, line of descent, parentage, blood, descent, origin, stock, linekinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, family line, sept, folk, family - people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"side - a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side"family tree, genealogy - successive generations of kin
	2.	bloodline - ancestry of a purebred animalpedigreeancestry, filiation, lineage, derivation - inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

bloodline

nounOne's ancestors or their character or one's ancestral derivation:ancestry, birth, blood, descent, extraction, family, genealogy, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, seed, stock.

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