parentage
Use Parentage in a sentence
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parentage (ˈpɛərəntɪdʒ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | ancestry |
| 2. | derivation from a particular origin |
| 3. | rare parenthood |
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Parentage
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Example sentences
In the supposed tug-of-war between parentage and patronage on one side and genius and talent on the other, both push and pull.
But the crucial point is that these dogs were defined by form and function rather than by parentage.
Babbling, foolish vanity, and vain curiosity have the same parentage.
We're still a hundred years behind, saying that two lineages have the same parentage because they have the same morphology.
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