ancestor
From Wiktionary
Pronunciation [change]
- IPA: /ˈæn.sɛs.tɚ/
Noun [change]
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- An ancestor is someone in your family before you; someone you come from. Your mother, father, grandmother, and grandfather are ancestors.
- By extension, species have ancestral species, which gave rise to them in evolution.
- It is thought that an extinct group of apes was the ancestor of the human race.
