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Definition of Descendant

1. Adjective. Going or coming down.

2. Noun. A person considered as descended from some ancestor or race.

3. Adjective. Proceeding by descent from an ancestor. "Descendent gene"

Definition of Descendant

1. a. Descendent.

2. n. One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or ascendant.

Definition of Descendant

1. Adjective. descending from a biological ancestor ¹

2. Adjective. proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source ¹

3. Noun. (literally) One who is the progeny of someone at any distance of time ¹

4. Noun. (figuratively) One which derives directly from a given precursor or source ¹

5. Noun. (biology) A later evolutionary type ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Descendant

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Descendant

descales descaling descant descant on descanted descanter descanters descanting descants descarga

descemet's membrane descemetitis descemetocele descend descendable descendant (current term) descendants descended descendence descendences

descendency descendens descendens cervicalis descendens hypoglossi descendent descendents descender descenders descendeur descendibilities

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