Dictionary 1. (n.) Stock; race; family.2. (n.) A race, or a fixed and permanent variety. Thesaurus affiliation animal kingdom apparentation birth blood bloodline branch breed brood clan class common ancestry consanguinity deme derivation descent direct line distaff side extraction family female line filiation folk gens house kind line line of descent lineage male line matriclan nation order patriclan people phratry phyle phylum plant kingdom race seed sept side spear side species spindle side stem stock strain succession sword side totem tribe |