familia

Definitions of familia
  1. noun
    group of people related by blood or marriage
    synonyms: capilla, clan, familiares, saga, tribu
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    genealogía, árbol genealógico
    successive generations of kin
    tótem
    a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object
    matrimonio
    a pair of people who live together
    cónyuge, cónyugues, matrimonio
    two people who are married to each other
    abolengo, alcurnia, ascendencia, casta, cepa, cuna, descendencia, estirpe, linaje, nacimiento, origen, prosapia, solar
    the descendants of one individual
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    grupo social
    people sharing some social relation
  2. noun
    primary social group; parents and children
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    matrimonio
    a pair of people who live together
    cónyuge, cónyugues, matrimonio
    two people who are married to each other
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    capilla, clan, familiares, saga, tribu
    group of people related by blood or marriage
  3. noun
    people descended from a common ancestor
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    dinastía
    a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
    bourbon
    a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily
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    abolengo, alcurnia, ascendencia, casta, cepa, cuna, descendencia, estirpe, linaje, nacimiento, origen, prosapia, solar
    the descendants of one individual
  4. noun
    a social unit living together
    synonyms: casa
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    unidad
    an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
  5. noun
    (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
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    bacterias
    a family of bacteria
    protoctistas
    any of the families of Protoctista
    peces
    any of various families of fish
    cordados
    any family in the phylum Chordata
    aves
    a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
    anfibios
    any family of amphibians
    reptiles
    a family of reptiles
    artrópodos
    any of the arthropods
    mamíferos
    a family of mammals
    celenterados, celentéreos
    a family of coelenterates
    lombrices
    a family of worms
    moluscos
    a family of mollusks
    equinodermos
    a family of echinoderms
    musgos
    a family of mosses
    monocotiledóneas
    family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
    dicotiledóneas
    family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
    hongos
    includes lichen families
    plantas
    a family of plants
    helechos
    families of ferns and fern allies
    gimnospermas
    a family of gymnosperms
    oleáceo
    trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac
    urticáceas
    a family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs
    ulmáceas
    a dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera Ulmus, Celtis, Planera, Trema
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    grupo taxonómico
    animal or plant group having natural relations
  6. noun
    a social division of (usually preliterate) people
    synonyms: tribu
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    grupo social
    people sharing some social relation
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