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noun
1.
a biologically related ancestor: a progenitor of the species.
2.
a person or thing that first indicates a direction, originates something, or serves as a model; predecessor; precursor: the progenitor of modern painting.
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Progenitor
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Example Sentences
- Cloning for reproduction would produce an identical twin younger than his or her progenitor.
- Paleontologists can't tell how close any particular specimen was to the progenitor of the primates.
- To make a cloned embryo would require a human egg into which a cell nucleus from the progenitor could be inserted.
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Word Origin & History
progenitor
1382, from Anglo-Fr. progenitour (1347), O.Fr. progeniteur, from L. progenitorem (nom. progenitor) "ancestor," agent noun from progenitus, pp. of progignere (see progeny).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
progenitor pro·gen·i·tor (prō-jěn'ĭ-tər)
n.
A direct ancestor.
An originator of a line of descent.
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