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bilateral descents

bilateral descents is the plural of bilateral descent.

Meaning of bilateral descent

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.

Questions about bilateral descents

What is bilateral descents the plural of?
Bilateral descents is the plural of bilateral descent.

Words near bilateral descents in the dictionary

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

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