PATRILINEAL


Meaning of PATRILINEAL in English

— patrilineally , adv.

/pa'treuh lin"ee euhl, pay'-/ , adj.

inheriting or determining descent through the male line. Cf. matrilineal .

[ 1900-05; PATRI- + LINEAL ]

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