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How to sign: the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped by the heart
"blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries waste products away"; "the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions";
Categories: bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour, liquid body substance
Within this category: arterial blood, bloodstream, blood clot, gore, lifeblood, menorrhea, venous blood, whole blood
How to sign: the descendants of one individual
"his entire lineage has been warriors";
Similiar / Same: lineage, bloodline, blood line, pedigree, ancestry, line of descent, stemma, parentage, origin, descent, stock, line
Categories: family tree, genealogy