Associations to the word «Matrilineal»

Wiktionary

MATRILINEAL, adjective. Tracing descent only through female lines.

Dictionary definition

MATRILINEAL, adjective. Based on or tracing descent through the female line; "matrilineal inheritance".

Wise words

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche