descendants (noun)

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• descendants — noun all of the offspring of a given progenitor (Freq. 1) we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity • Syn: ↑posterity • Hypernyms: ↑biological group * * * n offspring, children, issue, progeny, successors, heirs,… …   Useful english dictionary

• Levis — noun a) descendants of the Israelite tribe of Levi; Levites As the Cohens are descendants of the Tribe of Priests, so the Levis are the tribal descendants of the Levites. [ …   Wiktionary

• Qishlaq — noun a tribal confederation of clans of Turkic origin in Iran According to the Encyclopædia Iranica: Like most present day tribal confederacies in Persia, the Il e Qašqāʾi is a conglomeration of clans of different ethnic origins, Lori, Kurdish,… …   Wiktionary

• Qashqai — noun a tribal confederation of clans of Turkic origin in Iran According to the Encyclopædia Iranica: Like most present day tribal confederacies in Persia, the Il e Qašqāʾi is a conglomeration of clans of different ethnic origins, Lori, Kurdish,… …   Wiktionary

• Yailaq — noun a tribal confederation of clans of Turkic origin in Iran According to the Encyclopædia Iranica: Like most present day tribal confederacies in Persia, the Il e Qašqāʾi is a conglomeration of clans of different ethnic origins, Lori, Kurdish,… …   Wiktionary

• Kashka — noun a tribal confederation of clans of Turkic origin in Iran According to the Encyclopædia Iranica: Like most present day tribal confederacies in Persia, the Il e Qašqāʾi is a conglomeration of clans of different ethnic origins, Lori, Kurdish,… …   Wiktionary

• Kashkai — noun a tribal confederation of clans of Turkic origin in Iran According to the Encyclopædia Iranica: Like most present day tribal confederacies in Persia, the Il e Qašqāʾi is a conglomeration of clans of different ethnic origins, Lori, Kurdish,… …   Wiktionary

• general tail — noun : a fee tail estate not restricted to particular descendants of the first owner thereof but designed to pass to all of said owner s descendants so long as such issue is alive …   Useful english dictionary

• child — noun (plural children) 1》 a young human being below the age of full physical development.     ↘a son or daughter of any age. 2》 derogatory an immature or irresponsible person. 3》 (children) archaic the descendants of a family or people. Phrases… …   English new terms dictionary

• Neo-Lamarckism — noun a modern Lamarckian theory emphasizing the importance of environmental factors in genetic changes and retaining the notion of the inheritance of acquired characters • Hypernyms: ↑Lamarckism * * * |nē(ˌ)ō+ noun Usage: often capitalized N &… …   Useful english dictionary

• original sin — noun a sin said to be inherited by all descendants of Adam (Freq. 1) Adam and Eve committed the original sin when they ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden • Ant: ↑actual sin • Hypernyms: ↑sin, ↑sinning, ↑religious doctrine, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary