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common ancestor en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. An ancestor that two or more descendants have in common.
    • The theory of evolution states that all life on Earth has a common ancestor.
    • The monarchs of Spain and the UK have a common ancestor namely Queen Victoria.
    • The chimpanzee and the gorilla have a common ancestor.

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Deriveds

last common ancestor

Translations (5)

ru о́бщий пре́док (common ancestor) · hu közös ős (common ancestor) · pl wspólny przodek (common ancestor) · fi yhteinen esi-isä (common ancestor) · de gemeinsamer Vorfahre (common ancestor)