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matriclan

matriclan noun: a clan, with membership determined by matrilineal descent from a common ancestor.

Noun

matriclan (plural matriclans)

  1. A clan, with membership determined by matrilineal descent from a common ancestor.

matriclan meaning in Tamil

matriclan in Tamil

தாய்க்குலம்

Forms of matriclan

pluralmatriclans

Origin of matriclan

From matri- + clan.

Questions about matriclan

What does matriclan mean?
Matriclan means a clan, with membership determined by matrilineal descent from a common ancestor.
What is matriclan in Tamil?
Matriclan in Tamil is தாய்க்குலம். See Matriclan meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is matriclan?
Matriclan is a noun.
What is the plural of matriclan?
The plural of matriclan is matriclans.

Words near matriclan in the dictionary

  1. matricizations
  2. matricize
  3. matricized
  4. matricizes
  5. matricizing
  6. matriclan
  7. matriclans
  8. matriclinous
  9. matricryptic
  10. matrics
  11. matricula

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Adapted from Wiktionary: matriclan (page history and authors); matriclan (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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