What does "ancestor" mean?
Ancestor: (Biol.) An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.
Additional senses
- 2.(Law) One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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