Definition of family

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Family (v. t.) Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.

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Astraean :: Astraean (n.) A coral of the family Astraeidae; a star coral.
Desmidian :: Desmidian (n.) A microscopic plant of the family Desmidiae, a group of unicellular algae in which the species have a greenish color, and the cells generally appear as if they consisted of two coalescing halves..
Found :: Found (v. i.) To take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to begin to raise; to originate; as, to found a college; to found a family..
Scorpaenoid :: Scorpaenoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the family Scorpaenidae, which includes the scorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and many other food fishes. [Written also scorpaenid.] See Illust. under Rockfish..
Warbler :: Warbler (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, often bright colored, American singing birds of the family or subfamily Mniotiltidae, or Sylvicolinae. They are allied to the Old World warblers, but most of them are not particularly musical..
Representative :: Representative (a.) Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family..
Ixodian :: Ixodian (n.) A tick of the genus Ixodes, or the family Ixodidae..
Lepidodendrid :: Lepidodendrid (n.) One of an extinct family of trees allied to the modern club mosses, and including Lepidodendron and its allies..
Fulmar :: Fulmar (n.) One of several species of sea birds, of the family procellariidae, allied to the albatrosses and petrels. Among the well-known species are the arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) (called also fulmar petrel, malduck, and mollemock), and the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea)..
Chatterer :: Chatterer (n.) A bird of the family Ampelidae -- so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic regions of both continents. In America the cedar bird is a more common species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird..
Pheasant :: Pheasant (n.) Any one of numerous species of large gallinaceous birds of the genus Phasianus, and many other genera of the family Phasianidae, found chiefly in Asia..
Helicoid :: Helicoid (a.) Shaped like a snail shell; pertaining to the Helicidae, or Snail family..
People :: People (n.) One's ancestors or family; kindred; relations; as, my people were English..
Kinglet :: Kinglet (n.) Any one of several species of small singing birds of the genus Regulus and family Sylviidae.
Dame :: Dame (n.) The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school..
Domesticate :: Domesticate (a.) To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word..
Iulidan :: Iulidan (n.) One of the Iulidae, a family of myriapods, of which the genus Iulus is the type. See Iulus..
Cervine :: Cervine (a.) Of or pertaining to the deer, or to the family Cervidae..
Gade :: Gade (n.) A small British fish (Motella argenteola) of the Cod family.
Chalcidian :: Chalcidian (n.) One of a tropical family of snakelike lizards (Chalcidae), having four small or rudimentary legs..
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