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| Term | Definition | part of speech |
|---|---|---|
| matrilineal | based on or tracting descent through the female line | adj |
| matrimony | the act or state of being married | noun |
| patriarch | the male head of the family | noun |
| paternity | the state of being a father | noun |
| patricide | the act of killing one's father | noun |
| fraternize | be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother | verb |
| fraternity | a group of men joined by a common interest. | noun |
| fraternal | of or relating to brothers | adj |
| sorority | a fellowship or association of women joined by a common interest. | noun |
| sororize | to associate or hold fellowship as sisters, to have sisterly feelings | verb |
| anthropomorphic | suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things. | noun |
| metamorphic | of or relating to a change, as in rocks. | adj |
| morphology | in biology, the study of the change in form and structure of animals and plants. | noun |
| dimorphic | occurring in 2 distinct forms. | adj |
| maternal | of or like a mother | adj |