Descendant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A person, animal, or plant whose descent can be traced to a particular individual or group.
  • n. Something derived from a prototype or earlier form: Today's bicycles are descendants of the earlier velocipede.
  • n. In astrology, the point of the ecliptic or the sign of the zodiac that sets in the west at the time of a person's birth or other event.
  • adj. Variant of descendent.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. That or who descends from a biological ancestor.
  • adj. That or who proceeds from a figurative ancestor or source.
  • n. One who is the progeny a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
  • n. A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
  • n. A later evolutionary type.
  • n. A language that is descended from another.
  • n. A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Descendent.
  • n. One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or ascendant.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • See descendent.
  • n. An individual proceeding from an ancestor in any degree; issue; offspring, near or remote.
  • n. In astrology, the descending or western horizon or cusp of the seventh house.
  • n. In geology, a topographic feature carved from the mass beneath an older topographic form which has been removed.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
  • adj. going or coming down
  • adj. proceeding by descent from an ancestor
    • Equivalent
    descending    related   
    Antonym
    ancestor    ascendant    ascendent    ascending   
    Cross Reference
    progeny    offspring    offshoot   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    descendent    offspring    progeny    child    issue   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    ascendant    attendant    defendant    dependent    descendent   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ancestor    heir    successor    offspring    representative   
     
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