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matriliny

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mat⋅ri⋅lin⋅y

[ma-truh-lin-ee, -lahy-nee, mey-]
–noun, plural -lin⋅ies.
the tracing of descent through the mother's line of a family.

Origin:
1905–10; matrilin(eal) + -y 3
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