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matricentricmatrices
matricidal
Matricide
matriculant
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matrikin
matrilineage
matrilineal kin
matrilineal sib
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Matrimoine
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matrimonial law
Matrimonially
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Matrimony
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
adj
1: based on or tracing descent through the female line; "matrilineal inheritance" [syn: matrilineal, matrilinear]
Merriam Webster's
adjective Date: 1904 relating to, based on, or tracing descent through the maternal line< matrilineal society > • matrilineally adverb
Oxford Reference Dictionary
adj. of or based on kinship with the mother or the female line. Derivatives: matrilineally adv. Etymology: L mater matris mother + LINEAL
