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bilineal

bilineal adjective: tracing descent through both the patriline and the matriline.

Adjective

bilineal (not comparable)

  1. Tracing descent through both the patriline and the matriline.
    Synonyms:
    duolineal

Synonyms of bilineal

  • duolineal

Origin of bilineal

From bi- + lineal.

Questions about bilineal

What does bilineal mean?
Bilineal means tracing descent through both the patriline and the matriline.
What part of speech is bilineal?
Bilineal is an adjective.

Words near bilineal in the dictionary

  1. bilimits
  2. Bilimoria
  3. bilin
  4. bilineage
  5. bilineages
  6. bilineal
  7. bilinear
  8. bilinear form
  9. bilinear forms
  10. bilinearisation
  11. bilinearisations

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