plural of pedigree

A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding. / A person's ancestral history; ancestry, lineage. / (uncountable) Good breeding or ancestry.

Having a pedigree. / Purebred.

(transitive) To determine the pedigree of (an animal).

(chiefly of an animal) Having a pedigree; purebred

present participle of pedigree

(genealogy) The phenomenon in which ancestral inbreeding causes the number of a descendant’s distinct ancestors to be smaller than that predicted by a binary tree (∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿ 2ⁱ, where n represents the number of generations).

(US) A clause sometimes inserted in contracts or specifications, requiring that a construction material such as cement must be of a brand that has stood the test of a specified number of years' use in an important public work.

plural of pedigree clause