Usually means: Descent traced through one lineage.
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  1. unilineal: Merriam-Webster
  2. unilineal: Wiktionary
  3. unilineal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  4. unilineal: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. unilineal: Dictionary.com
  6. Unilineal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (unilineal)

▸ adjective:  (genealogy) Of or pertaining to one side of a family.
▸ adjective:  Synonym of unilinear

Similar:
ambilineal, unifamilial, genealogical, paternal, unigenerational, patrilineal, monogenerational, lineall, patrilateral, familial, more...

Opposite:
bilineal, multilinear, non-unilineal

Phrases:
Unilineal evolution, more...

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Similar:
ambilineal, unifamilial, genealogical, paternal, unigenerational, patrilineal, monogenerational, lineall, patrilateral, familial, more...

Opposite:
bilineal, multilinear, non-unilineal

Phrases:
Unilineal evolution, more...



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