Matrilineal

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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