pedigree
noun/ˈpɛdɪɡriː/
Frequency rank: #9,088 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
A record of a person's or animal's ancestry or lineage.
Example sentence
The breeder showed us the dog's pedigree to prove its championship bloodline.
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