pedigree
Cross references: 1. ancestry ped.i.gree \'ped-*-.gre-\ \-.gre-d\ n [ME pedegru, fr. MF pie de grue crane's foot; fr. the shape made by] the lines of a genealogical chart 1: a register recording a line of ancestors 2a: an ancestral line : LINEAGE 2b: the origin and the history of something 3a: distinguished ancestry 3b: recorded purity of breed of an individual or strain - ped.i.greed aj