matrilineal

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

matrilineal
    adj 1: based on or tracing descent through the female line;
           "matrilineal inheritance" [syn: {matrilineal},
           {matrilinear}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

matrilineal \matrilineal\ adj.
   tracing descent through the female line.
   [WordNet 1.5]

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