matrilinear
- a variation of matrilineal.
Example Sentences
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"Our results support the intriguing possibility that numerous other traits that are sex-specific but more difficult to investigate are genetically encoded on the matrilinear genome like the color polymorphism of the female cuckoo."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024
True to the Navajos' matrilinear tradition, they moved in on his mother-in-law, Ason Tso, near Many Farms, 150 miles east of the Grand Canyon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her consort was sometimes unknown and, in a matrilinear society, unimportant.
From Five Stages of Greek Religion by Murray, Gilbert
Descent was matrilinear, and a society known as matriarchy existed, as contrasted to the later patriarchy.
From The Sex Worship and Symbolism of Primitive Races An Interpretation by Brown, Sanger
They still have a strong element of descent in the matrilinear line and women aren't second-class citizens.
From Border, Breed Nor Birth by Reynolds, Mack
