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   pedigree

   /ˈpɛdɪɡriː/

   noun

   • 1. the record of descent of an animal, showing it to be pure-bred: "they are looking for animals with pedigrees"
   • ▪ a pure-bred animal.
   • 2. the recorded ancestry or lineage of a person or family: "with a pedigree equal to many of the gentry"
   • ▪ the history or provenance of a person or thing, especially as conferring distinction: "the scheme has a long pedigree"
   • ▪ a genealogical table: "my host showed me his family pedigree"

   adjective

   • 1. (of an animal) pure-bred: British "pedigree cats"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French pé de grue ‘crane's foot’, a mark used to denote succession in pedigrees.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pedigreed adjective

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • P

     3

   • E

     1

   • D

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   • I

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   • G

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   • R

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   • E

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