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matrilineal descent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables
ma-tri-lin-eal de-s-cent
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of matrilineal lineage.

Inflected Forms

matrilineal descents (plural)

Synonyms

matrilineal lineage

Questions

What does matrilineal descent mean?
Synonym of matrilineal lineage.

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