1. pedigree, pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded, thoroughbred -- (having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal)
pedigree can be used as a noun
1. lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock -- (the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors")
2. pedigree -- (line of descent of a purebred animal)
3. pedigree, bloodline -- (ancestry of a purebred animal)
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Who can show a pedigree like Leviathan Ahab's harpoon had shed older blood than the Pharaoh's. - from Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville