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PEDIGREE – It’s very important. And now, thanks to the American Society of Lap Dogs™, your dog’s PEDIGREE can be registered and proven. The American Society of Lap Dogs™ was CREATED for that purpose – to prove your dog’s purebred heritage, even if he or she is the PROGENITOR of a new line of purebreds. Click on the choices above to learn more. PEDIGREE - ped-i-gree n. 1. an ancestral line; line of descent; lineage; ancestry. 2. a genealogical table, chart, list, or record; a family pedigree. 3. distinguished, excellent, or pure ancestry. 4. derivation, origin or history: the pedigree of a word. [late ME pedegru < AF, equiv. to MF pie de grue, lit. foot of crane, a fanciful way of describing the appearance of the lines of a genealogical chart] Syn. 2. Pede\igree, genealogy refers to an account of ancestry. A pedigree is a table or chart recording a line of ancestors, either of persons or (more especially) of animals, as horses, cattle, and dogs: in the case of animals, such a table is used as proof of superior qualities; a detailed pedigree. A genealogy is an account of the descent of a person or family traced through a series of generations, usually from the first known ancestor: a genealogy that includes a king. (From The Random House Dictionary of the English Language, ©1967) |
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