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a group of persons who come from the same ancestor<the Adams family made remarkable contributions to American life for more than two centuries>Synonymsblood, clan, folks, house, kin, kindred, kinfolk, kinsfolk, line, lineage, people, race, stock, tribeRelated Wordsnuclear family; extended family, kith; brood; descendant (or descendent), issue, offspring, progeny, scion, seed; clansman, kinsman, kinswoman, relative; dynastyNear Antonymsancestry, birth, descent, extraction, origin, pedigree
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one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic<the flute, the clarinet, the oboe, and other members of the woodwind family>— see class 2
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