Usually means: Inheritance or descent through mother.
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  1. matrilineally: Merriam-Webster
  2. matrilineally: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. matrilineally: Collins English Dictionary
  4. matrilineally: Vocabulary.com
  5. matrilineally: Wiktionary
  6. matrilineally: Dictionary.com
  7. Matrilineally: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. matrilineally: Rhymezone
  9. matrilineally: FreeDictionary.org
  10. matrilineally: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. matrilineally: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. matrilineally: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. matrilineally: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. matrilineally: Medical dictionary

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▸ adverb:  In matrilineal fashion.

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patrilineally, matrifocally, matricentrically, matrilocally, matriarchally, maternally, patrilocally, matriarchically, patrilinearly, patriarchally, more...

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patrilineally, matrifocally, matricentrically, matrilocally, matriarchally, maternally, patrilocally, matriarchically, patrilinearly, patriarchally, more...



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