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| blood |
common ancestral descent. [2/7 definitions] |
| exogamy |
in biology, reproduction resulting from the union of two gametes from different ancestral backgrounds. [1/2 definitions] |
| generation |
a level or single step in an ancestral hierarchy. [2/5 definitions] |
| kachina |
among the Hopi Indians, any of various minor deities or ancestral spirits, or a doll, dancer, or dancer's mask representing such a spirit. |
| monogenesis |
the theory that all living organisms are descended from one ancestral pair or from one cell. [1/2 definitions] |
| motherland |
one's native or ancestral country. |
| root1 |
(often pl.) familial, ancestral, or ethnic background. [1/11 definitions] |
| stock |
ancestral background; lineage. [1/16 definitions] |
| totem |
a natural object or living thing, such as an animal, that is taken as the symbol of a family or clan because of a supposed close relationship or ancestral connection with it. [1/2 definitions] |
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