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"he moved his family to Virginia" "the family refused to accept his will"nouna social unit living togethertype of:
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"his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"nounpeople descended from a common ancestor
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nouna loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
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"he's family"nouna person having kinship with another or others
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"the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family"nounan association of people who share common beliefs or activities
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nouna collection of things sharing a common attributetype of:
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"he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"nounprimary social group; parents and children
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"sharks belong to the fish family"noun(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more generatype of:
Definition that contains family
- name family based on male descent
- moray family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked
- algonquin family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains
- gens family based on male descent
- family trapaceae family comprising solely the genus Trapa; in some classifications treated as a subfamily or tribe of the family Onagraceae
- saururaceae family of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus, Anemopsis, Houttuynia
- family xylariaceae family of fungi characterized by dark brown to black spores
- rachycentridae family of pelagic fishes containing solely the cobia
- clathraceae family of fleshy fungi resembling stinkhorns
- lennoaceae family of fleshy parasitic herbs lacking green foliage and having heads of small flowers; California and Mexico