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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryped·i·gree \ˈpe-də-ˌgrē\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle English pedegru, from Anglo-French pé de grue, literally, crane's foot; from the shape made by the lines of a genealogical chart DATE 15th century1. a register recording a line of ancestors2. a. an ancestral line : lineage b. the origin and the history of something; broadly : background, history3. a. a distinguished ancestry b. the recorded purity of breed of an individual or strain• ped·i·greed \-ˌgrēd\ or pedigree adjectiveEnglish Etymologypedigree c.1410, "genealogical table or chart," from Anglo-Fr. pe de gru, a variant of O.Frhttp://O.Fr. pied de gru "foot of a crane," from L. pedem "foot" + gruem (nom. grus) "crane," cognate with Gk. geranos, O.E.cran, see crane). On old manuscripts, "descent" was indicated by a forked sign resembling the branching lines of a genealogical chart; the sign also happened to look like a bird's footprint. Form infl. in M.E. by association with degree. Meaning "ancestral line" is c.1440; of animals, 1608.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7pedigreepedi·gree / 5pedi^ri: / noun1. [C] knowledge of or an official record of the animals from which an animal has been bred 动物血统记录；动物纯种系谱: dogs with good pedigrees (= their ancestors are known and of the same breed) 纯种的狗 2. [C, U] a person's family history or the background of sth, especially when this is impressive 家谱；门第；世系；起源: She was proud of her long pedigree. 她为自己源远流长的家世而自豪。 The product has a pedigree going back to the last century. 这项产品的渊源可追溯到上个世纪。 adjective (BrE) (NAmE pedi·greed) [only before noun] (of an animal 动物) coming from a family of the same breed that has been officially recorded for a long time and is thought to be of a good quality 优良品种的；纯种的: pedigree sheep 纯种绵羊 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishpedigree noun ADJ. long Hereford cattle have a long pedigree. | distinguished, illustrious, impeccable, impressive VERB + PEDIGREE prove, show The champions really showed their pedigree today. PEDIGREE + VERB stretch back These trees have pedigrees stretching back thousands of years. PEDIGREE + NOUN cat, dog, etc. | breedOLTpedigree noun⇨ family 3Webster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedSearch result show the entry is found in: pedigree theoryped·i·greeI. \ˈpedəˌgrē\ noun(-s)Etymology: Middle English pedegru, from Middle French pie de grue crane's foot; from the shape made by the lines of a genealogical chart1. : a register (as a table or chart) recording a line of ancestors : a genealogical tree : stemma < drawing up a family pedigree >2. a. : an ancestral line : lineage, descent < the dowager scrutinized his pedigree and background > b. (1) : the origin and the history (as of the developmental stages or the successive states or owners) of something < the pedigree of a document > < pedigrees of ideas or influences — Times Literary Supplement> < the pedigree of the house we lived in — Mary A. Allen > (2) : the sequence of owners of a work of art (as a painting) < the condition of the pictures … their pedigree, the subjects represented — Times Literary Supplement > (3) : the history of a collector's coin or stamp including facts about its original issuance, its rarity, and the sales in which it has changed hands3. a. : distinguished ancestry < actions spoke louder than pedigrees in the trenches — Dixon Wecter > b. : recorded purity of breed (as of horses or plants strains) < vouch for a horse's pedigree >4. : a long line of succession (as of persons holding an office or continuing a tradition) < the whole pedigree of club presidents >Synonyms: see ancestryII. adjective: having a pedigree : purebred < a pedigree cocker spaniel > < a four-year-old pedigree Guernsey bull — Veterinary Record >III. transitive verb(pedigreed ; pedigreed ; pedigreeing ; pedigrees): to breed or propagate so that descent is known and can be recorded : provide with a pedigree

Pedigree A The Breed De Genealogical B History