matriline

n. 母系

词形变化

matrilines 复数 matrilines

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A line of descent from a female ancestor to a descendant (of either sex) in which the individuals in all intervening generations are mothers.

词源

Borrowed from Latin mater (“mother”) + linea (“line”). By surface analysis, matri- + line.

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