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2024
cognatic
cognatic
English
Adjective
cognatic
(
not comparable
)
Of or relating to a mode of
descent
calculated from an
ancestor
or
ancestress
through any combination of
male
and
female
links
, or a system of
bilateral
kinship
where
relations
are traced through both
father
and
mother
.
Related terms
agnatic
enatic
Etymology
cognate
+
-ic
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