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Definitions of ancestral
  1. adjective
    inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
    "ancestral home" "ancestral lore"
  2. of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor
Definition that contains ancestral
  • primitive little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
  • archaic little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
  • gallina small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl
  • chlorophyta large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls; classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charophyceae; obviously ancestral to land plants
  • division chlorophyta large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls; classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charophyceae; obviously ancestral to land plants
  • red jungle fowl a jungle fowl of southeastern Asia that is considered ancestral to the domestic fowl
  • subclass synapsida extinct reptiles of the Permian to Jurassic considered ancestral to mammals
  • jungle fowl small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl
  • capsicum baccatum plant bearing very small and very hot oblong red fruits; includes wild forms native to tropical America; thought to be ancestral to the sweet pepper and many hot peppers
  • bird pepper plant bearing very small and very hot oblong red fruits; includes wild forms native to tropical America; thought to be ancestral to the sweet pepper and many hot peppers
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