Definition of "patrilinear" []

• Based on or tracing descent through the male line (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Pot price pon patrilinear plop, if the osseletion of the onkring gives omen nome?"
• "Our nearest relatives, the chimps tend towards matrilinear, while patrilinear seems more prevalent in a majority of the different aboriginity groups in more modern times."
• "Not sure if the family units were matrilinear or patrilinear or maybe that depended on where you were."