Bloodline
noun
The series of ancestors from whom a person or animal is descended.
His family's purebred dog has an impressive bloodline.
Often appears as...
- pure bloodline
- family bloodline
noun
The transfer of physical or mental qualities from parent to offspring through genes.
The stallion's speed can be traced back to his superior bloodline.
Often appears as...
- genetic bloodline
- trace a bloodline
noun
The series of ancestors from whom a person or animal is descended.
His family's purebred dog has an impressive bloodline.
Often appears as...
- pure bloodline
- family bloodline
noun
The transfer of physical or mental qualities from parent to offspring through genes.
The stallion's speed can be traced back to his superior bloodline.
Often appears as...
- genetic bloodline
- trace a bloodline
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Pro Tip 1/3Family Heritage
Refers specifically to the lineage or origin within a family, often including notable ancestors.
The new prince descends from a royal bloodline.
Pro Tip 2/3Pride or Prestige
Can carry a sense of pride or prestige, especially when discussing noble or pure ancestors.
The aristocrats boasted about their ancient bloodline.
Pro Tip 3/3Selective Breeding
In animals, it highlights selective breeding for specific traits like in dogs or horses.
Champion horses often come from a distinguished bloodline.
Pro Tip 1/3Family Heritage
Refers specifically to the lineage or origin within a family, often including notable ancestors.
The new prince descends from a royal bloodline.
Pro Tip 2/3Pride or Prestige
Can carry a sense of pride or prestige, especially when discussing noble or pure ancestors.
The aristocrats boasted about their ancient bloodline.
Pro Tip 3/3Selective Breeding
In animals, it highlights selective breeding for specific traits like in dogs or horses.
Champion horses often come from a distinguished bloodline.
Pro Tip 1/3Family Heritage
Refers specifically to the lineage or origin within a family, often including notable ancestors.
The new prince descends from a royal bloodline.
Pro Tip 2/3Pride or Prestige
Can carry a sense of pride or prestige, especially when discussing noble or pure ancestors.
The aristocrats boasted about their ancient bloodline.
Pro Tip 3/3Selective Breeding
In animals, it highlights selective breeding for specific traits like in dogs or horses.
Champion horses often come from a distinguished bloodline.
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Safari Live - Day 35 PIPE...
for that is that the male's ideally would like to encompass as many females as possible so they're going to push and they're going to move and they're going to try and establish themselves over a large area and try and mate with as many as possible because they want to continue their bloodline as much as possible in an animal world instinct is
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Saving the Black Rhino PIPE...
unrelated to any other animals in this country he's brand new bloodline the Bulls new bloodline will diversify the rhino population creating a stronger gene pool and increasing the populations resistance to disease but more importantly COO Simona will add a few new additions to the population here
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The Greatest Sled Dog -...
the trail she wouldn't get you in the deep water she knew ice she knew how to travel through storms I'm looking for that in this dog yard and I can't even sack white have that magical dog yet but I think you know there's one in the making out there for sure out of her bloodline
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Nnedi Okorafor: Sci-fi...
In my absence, my parents would growl to each other that I was never to set foot in their home again. My four aunties and two uncles who lived down the road would shout and gossip amongst themselves about how I had scandalized the entire bloodline. I was going to be a pariah.
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Playing the Cape Breton...
and somebody would sing, and all that sort of thing, so it was a wonderful, wonderful way to grow up, and that is where my beginnings in music come my surroundings, my family, just my bloodline in itself, and, oh, I've done lots of things with my music.
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See 3 Lions Get a Brand...
definitely the one at the back there it's important to know which animals you're getting and what animals you're giving so that you're not having two bloodlines that are very closely linked to breeding with each other again I
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Titan of terror: the...
Arcane books of forbidden lore, disturbing secrets in the family bloodline, and terrors so unspeakable the very thought of them might drive you mad. By now, these have become standard elements in many modern horror stories.
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Taryn Simon: The stories...
And for this work, I traveled around the world over a four-year period researching and recording bloodlines and their related stories. I was interested in ideas surrounding fate and whether our fate is determined
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Ferocious Hornet Moments...
the queens will only mate once before escaping and everyone that does carries the old queen's bloodline like her they will have many challenges to overcome but their mother was strong so they will
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Hornet Queen Murdered By...
the Queen's will only mate once before escaping and everyone that does carries the old Queens bloodline like her they
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 35 PIPE...
for that is that the male's ideally would like to encompass as many females as possible so they're going to push and they're going to move and they're going to try and establish themselves over a large area and try and mate with as many as possible because they want to continue their bloodline as much as possible in an animal world instinct is
Video examples
Saving the Black Rhino PIPE...
unrelated to any other animals in this country he's brand new bloodline the Bulls new bloodline will diversify the rhino population creating a stronger gene pool and increasing the populations resistance to disease but more importantly COO Simona will add a few new additions to the population here
Video examples
The Greatest Sled Dog -...
the trail she wouldn't get you in the deep water she knew ice she knew how to travel through storms I'm looking for that in this dog yard and I can't even sack white have that magical dog yet but I think you know there's one in the making out there for sure out of her bloodline
Video examples
Nnedi Okorafor: Sci-fi...
In my absence, my parents would growl to each other that I was never to set foot in their home again. My four aunties and two uncles who lived down the road would shout and gossip amongst themselves about how I had scandalized the entire bloodline. I was going to be a pariah.
Video examples
Playing the Cape Breton...
and somebody would sing, and all that sort of thing, so it was a wonderful, wonderful way to grow up, and that is where my beginnings in music come my surroundings, my family, just my bloodline in itself, and, oh, I've done lots of things with my music.
Video examples
See 3 Lions Get a Brand...
definitely the one at the back there it's important to know which animals you're getting and what animals you're giving so that you're not having two bloodlines that are very closely linked to breeding with each other again I
Video examples
Titan of terror: the...
Arcane books of forbidden lore, disturbing secrets in the family bloodline, and terrors so unspeakable the very thought of them might drive you mad. By now, these have become standard elements in many modern horror stories.
Video examples
Taryn Simon: The stories...
And for this work, I traveled around the world over a four-year period researching and recording bloodlines and their related stories. I was interested in ideas surrounding fate and whether our fate is determined
Video examples
Ferocious Hornet Moments...
the queens will only mate once before escaping and everyone that does carries the old queen's bloodline like her they will have many challenges to overcome but their mother was strong so they will
Video examples
Hornet Queen Murdered By...
the Queen's will only mate once before escaping and everyone that does carries the old Queens bloodline like her they
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Quote examples
Eniola Aluko
English Athlete
There is still this perception in football about whether people are 'English through and through.' Essentially there is not any such thing without going into a whole discussion on genetics and bloodlines of each player.
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Coretta Scott King
American Activist
When fear rushed in, I learned how to hear my heart racing but refused to allow my feelings to sway me. That resilience came from my family. It flowed through our bloodline.
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Brad Pitt
Actor
When I was a boy, I would ask about my family history, about my bloodlines. We really didn't know that much. We had a little Indian in us from the Oklahoma Trail of Tears.
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Chris Eubank Jr.
British Athlete
I've got royal blood coursing through my veins and if the boxing bug is 'something I've inherited through the family bloodline, I'm proud of my genes.
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Lena Waithe
American Actress
To be a black person is to come from a long bloodline of survivors and storytellers, with a resilience that people can't even comprehend.
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Halle Berry
American Actress
My mother helped me identify myself the way the world would identify me. Bloodlines didn't matter as much as how I would be perceived.
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Jack Garratt
British Musician
The music in my family has always been there; it's been quite an obvious trait that seems to have trickled down the bloodline.
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John Piper
American Clergyman
The bloodline of Jesus is thicker, deeper, stronger than the bloodline of race, ethnicity and family.
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Israel Adesanya
Nigerian Athlete
I've got Africa stamped on my chest, and I've outlined Nigeria because that's my bloodline.
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Dominick Cruz
American Athlete
I'm not always 'Dominick Cruz, Tough Guy.' Depression runs in my bloodline.
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Eniola Aluko
English Athlete
There is still this perception in football about whether people are 'English through and through.' Essentially there is not any such thing without going into a whole discussion on genetics and bloodlines of each player.
Quote examples
Coretta Scott King
American Activist
When fear rushed in, I learned how to hear my heart racing but refused to allow my feelings to sway me. That resilience came from my family. It flowed through our bloodline.
Quote examples
Brad Pitt
Actor
When I was a boy, I would ask about my family history, about my bloodlines. We really didn't know that much. We had a little Indian in us from the Oklahoma Trail of Tears.
Quote examples
Chris Eubank Jr.
British Athlete
I've got royal blood coursing through my veins and if the boxing bug is 'something I've inherited through the family bloodline, I'm proud of my genes.
Quote examples
Lena Waithe
American Actress
To be a black person is to come from a long bloodline of survivors and storytellers, with a resilience that people can't even comprehend.
Quote examples
Halle Berry
American Actress
My mother helped me identify myself the way the world would identify me. Bloodlines didn't matter as much as how I would be perceived.
Quote examples
Jack Garratt
British Musician
The music in my family has always been there; it's been quite an obvious trait that seems to have trickled down the bloodline.
Quote examples
John Piper
American Clergyman
The bloodline of Jesus is thicker, deeper, stronger than the bloodline of race, ethnicity and family.
Quote examples
Israel Adesanya
Nigerian Athlete
I've got Africa stamped on my chest, and I've outlined Nigeria because that's my bloodline.
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Dominick Cruz
American Athlete
I'm not always 'Dominick Cruz, Tough Guy.' Depression runs in my bloodline.
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