| 单词 | genealogy |
| 释义 | genealogy —genealogical /jee'nee euh loj"i keuhl, jen'ee-/, genealogic, adj. —genealogically, adv. —genealogist, n. /jee'nee ol"euh jee, -al"-, jen'ee-/, n. , pl. genealogies. 1. a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc. 2. the study of family ancestries and histories. 3. descent from an original form or progenitor; lineage; ancestry. 4. Biol. a group of individuals or species having a common ancestry: The various species of Darwin's finches form a closely knit genealogy. [1250-1300; ME genealogie < MF < LL genealogia < Gk genealogía pedigree, equiv. to geneá race (see GENE) + -logia -LOGY] Syn. 1. See pedigree. |
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