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Word: Descendant
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘deriving from an ancestor’): partly from French, present participle of descendre ‘to descend’ and partly from Latin, present participle of descendere ‘to descend’ (see descend). The noun dates from the mid 16th century
dɪˈsɛnd(ə)nt
a person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor
Short Definition:person, plant, or animal that is descended from particular ancestor
Examples:- she's a descendant of Charles Darwin
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