English Explanatory Dictionary

concestor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The last common ancestor, especially of several different species.

Word forms

concestor concestors

Etymology

Coined by British biologist Richard Dawkins in 2004 in his book The Ancestor's Tale.

Synonyms

cenancestor

Related words

last universal common ancestor
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