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Definition of pedigree : 1. A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors.
2. A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse.

Synonyms:

beast, declension, heredity, line of work, furrow, logical argument, note, birth, argument, asexual reproduction, origin, line of credit, demarcation, arthropod, seam, simple eye, broth, branch, inventory, kin, pedigreed, amphibious, farm animal, strain, course, linage, biped, androgynous, rip, pureblood, fall, contrast, anthropoid, agate line, origination, bear, line of products, business line, short letter, neckcloth, family, family tree, couple, occupation, parentage, phone line, line of merchandise, dividing line, cable, line of descent, communication channel, breeder, fecund, gunstock, pipeline, product line, downslope, status, source, pureblooded, grade, caged, declivity, courtship, descendant, ancestor, tune, credit line, subscriber line, derivation, rake, melodic line, job, tier, telephone line, air, assembly line, big game, wrinkle, billet, seed, line of reasoning, precede, animal, business, profligate, stemma, captive, arachnid, estrus, adult, melody, beginning, personal credit line, channel, rakehell, forbear, aquatic, parenthood, best-of-breed, livestock, rank, fathers, railway line, inception, declination, clan, fertile, gillyflower, melodic phrase, ocellus, argumentation, caudex, store, ranking, personal line of credit, telephone circuit, roue, line, blood line, line of business, level, stratum, root, amphibian, asexual, antecedents, crinkle, echelon, thoroughbred, forebear, blood, position, arboreal, rail line, purebred, breeding, caste, fund, decline, bloodline, breeding ground, bank line, extraction, beast of burden, filiation, rootage, production line, transmission line, stock certificate, articulate, crease

descent, genealogy, breed, ancestry, lineage, stock, race

Usage examples:

• The day is at hand, we are told, when four- fifths of the human race will trace their pedigree to English forefathers, as four- fifths of the white people in the United States trace their pedigree to- day. - "The Art of Public Speaking", Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg Esenwein.
• She merely gave your pedigree, as we'd say at the dog show, begging your pardon, ma'am. - "The Hollow of Her Hand", George Barr McCutcheon.
• Then they seemed to take an observation of every arrival afore they mingled; questioned the pedigree and statistics of all hands, and acted mighty suspicious. - "The Depot Master", Joseph C. Lincoln.