MATRILINY


Meaning of MATRILINY in English

/ma"treuh lin'ee, -luy'nee, may"-/ , n. , pl. matrilinies .

the tracing of descent through the mother's line of a family.

[ 1905-10; MATRILIN(EAL) + -Y 3 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .