Look up: ancestor

1. ancestor
   Any organism, population, or species from which some other organism, population, or species is descended by reproduction.
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2. ancestor
   [n] - someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent)
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3. Ancestor
   An'ces·tor noun [ Middle English ancestre , auncestre , also ancessour ; the first forms from Old French ancestre , French ancêtre , from the Latin nom. antessor one who goes before; the last form from Old Fr...
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4. ancestor
   1. One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father. ... 2. <biology> An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse. ... 3. One from whom an estate has descended;...
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5. ancestor
   ascendant noun someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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6. Ancestor
   • (n.) One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir. • (n.) One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father`s or mother`s side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father. • (n.) An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarde...
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7. Ancestor
   (from the article `Australian literature`) ...While the recitation of the song cycles and narratives is to some extent prescribed, it also can incorporate new experience and thus remain ...
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8. ancestor
   Type: Term Pronunciation: an′ses-tōr Definitions: 1. A person in the direct line of descent from which a subject of interest is derived (parents or grandparents; but no collaterals or descendants).
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9. Ancestor
   An `ancestor` is a parent or (recursively) the parent of an ancestor (i.e., a grandparent, great-grandparent, great-great-grandparent, and so forth). Two individuals have a genetic relationship if one is the ancestor of the other, or if they share a common ancestor. In evolutionary theory, species w...
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