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cognation

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Noun

(anthropology) related by blood

line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family

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Synonyms:
consanguinity blood kinship matrilineage enation

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "cognation":
cognation cognition commination commotion condition connotation count on

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