Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unilateral descent

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables
uni-lat-er-al de-s-cent
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

line of descent traced through one side of the family

Questions

What does unilateral descent mean?
line of descent traced through one side of the family

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