"multilineage" meaning in English

See multilineage in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: multilineages [plural]
Etymology: multi- + lineage Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|multi|lineage}} multi- + lineage Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} multilineage (countable and uncountable, plural multilineages)
  1. (usually noun adjunct) Multiple lineages Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-multilineage-en-noun-MrEecQWc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with multi-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for multilineage meaning in English (1.4kB)

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          "text": "a multilineage progenitor"
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          "ref": "2002, Xin Liu, The Otherness of Self, page 120",
          "text": "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.",
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