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UTERINE [2 records]

Record 1 2017-12-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
DEF

Born of the same mother but by a different father. Related by blood through the mother: having relationship traced entirely through females. Based upon such relationship.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
DEF

Se dit des frères et sœurs qui ont la même mère mais un père différent.

OBS

noblesse utérine : Qui dans certaines coutumes passait de la mère aux enfants.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Antropología
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Record 2 2004-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
DEF

Referring to the transmission of authority, inheritance, or descent primarily through females.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
DEF

[Se dit d'une] règle de filiation qui décide que l'individu acquerra les principaux éléments de son statut et [...] son appartenance à un groupe de parenté par référence aux seuls liens généalogiques passant par les femmes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Antropología
DEF

[Dícese del] tipo de filiación en la cual el estatus se transmite a través de las mujeres.

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