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PARENT |
Progenitor |
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PROGENITRESS |
A female progenitor. |
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ANTECESSOR |
An ancestor; a progenitor. |
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PROGENITORSHIP |
The state of being a progenitor. |
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ROOT |
An ancestor or progenitor; and hence, an early race; a stem. |
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FOREGOER |
One who goes before another; a predecessor; hence, an
ancestor' a progenitor. |
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GENEALOGY |
Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor;
pedigree; lineage. |
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ADAM |
The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor
of the human race. |
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ANCESTOR |
An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is
regarded as the ancestor of the horse. |
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EPONYMY |
The derivation of the name of a race, tribe, etc., from
that of a fabulous hero, progenitor, etc. |
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SEPT |
A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common
progenitor; -- used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland. |
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LINEAGE |
Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race;
descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage. |
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STOCK |
The original progenitor; also, the race or line of a family;
the progenitor of a family and his direct descendants; lineage; family. |
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TRIBE |
A family of animals descended from some particular female
progenitor, through the female line; as, the Duchess tribe of
shorthorns. |
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ASCENDANT |
An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees
of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed
to descendant. |
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HOMOGENOUS |
Having a resemblance in structure, due to descent from
a common progenitor with subsequent modification; homogenetic; --
applied both to animals and plants. See Homoplastic. |
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FAMILY |
Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe,
clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of
Abraham; the father of a family. |
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FATHER |
A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor;
especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; -- in the
plural, fathers, ancestors. |
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POSTERITY |
The race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to
the furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who are
descended from an ances... |
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ASCEND |
...the remotest
antiquity; to ascend to our first progenitor. ... |