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Noun filiation has 2 senses
  1. descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation - the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
    --1 is a kind of kinship, family relationship, relationship
    --1 has particulars: bilateral descent; unilateral descent
    Derived form: verb filiate1
  2. ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation - inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
    --2 is a kind of inheritance, hereditary pattern
    --2 has particulars:
     breed, strain; origin, descent, extraction; pedigree, bloodline
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