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common ancestor

noun

Definitions

  1. An ancestor that two or more descendants have in common.

    • The monarchs of Spain and the UK have a common ancestor namely Queen Victoria.
    • The chimpanzee and the gorilla have a common ancestor.
    • The theory of evolution states that all life on Earth has a common ancestor.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for common ancestor. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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