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bilateral descent

bilateral descent noun: descent traced from all biological descendants, regardless of sex and side of the family.

Noun

bilateral descent (usually uncountable, plural bilateral descents)

  1. (usually) Descent traced from all biological descendants, regardless of sex and side of the family.
  2. (usually) Descent traced from an ancestor, regardless of sex and side of the family of the intervening generations.
    • Only by bilateral descent is a boy related to his mother's grandfather.

Forms of bilateral descent

pluralbilateral descents

Questions about bilateral descent

What does bilateral descent mean?
Bilateral descent means descent traced from all biological descendants, regardless of sex and side of the family.
What part of speech is bilateral descent?
Bilateral descent is a noun.
What is the plural of bilateral descent?
The plural of bilateral descent is bilateral descents.

Words near bilateral descent in the dictionary

  1. Bilaspur District
  2. bilastine
  3. bilat
  4. bilatarian
  5. bilateral
  6. bilateral descent
  7. bilateral descents
  8. bilateral gill trama
  9. bilateral gill tramas
  10. bilateral pneumonia
  11. bilateral symmetries

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