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multilineage

multilineage noun: multiple lineages.

Noun

multilineage (countable and uncountable, plural multilineages)

  1. (usually noun adjunct) Multiple lineages
    • a multilineage progenitor
    • This is a crucial point: the road to the present is not an evolution of unilinear descent; rather, it is a complex formation of multilineages, each including several segments and a number of extended families, of the same origin but with very different outlooks.2002, Xin Liu, The Otherness of Self, →ISBN, page 120

Forms of multilineage

pluralmultilineages

Origin of multilineage

From multi- + lineage.

Questions about multilineage

What does multilineage mean?
Multilineage means multiple lineages.
What part of speech is multilineage?
Multilineage is a noun.
What is the plural of multilineage?
The plural of multilineage is multilineages.

Words near multilineage in the dictionary

  1. multiligand
  2. multilight
  3. multilighted
  4. multilimbed
  5. multiline
  6. multilineage
  7. multilineages
  8. multilineal
  9. multilineality
  10. multilineally
  11. multilinear

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