bilateral descent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Descent traced from all biological descendants, regardless of sex and side of the family.
  2. Descent traced from an ancestor, regardless of sex and side of the family of the intervening generations.

Word forms

bilateral descent bilateral descents
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