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matrilineage

[ma-truh-lin-ee-ij, mey-]

mat·ri·lin·e·age

[ma-truh-lin-ee-ij, mey-]
noun
lineal descent traced through the female line.

Origin:
1945–50; matri- + lineage1
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Matrilineage has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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matrilineage

noun
line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family 
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