What is an earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse called?
ancestor — (Biol.) An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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