living descendants
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflivinganddescendant
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living
adjective
uk/ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/us/ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/
alive ...
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descendant
noun[C]
uk/dɪˈsen.dənt/us/dɪˈsen.dənt/
a person who is related to you and who lives after you, such as your child ...
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(Definition oflivinganddescendantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The latter claim a special distinction as living descendants of the original troubadours; the former views himself as more remotely related to medieval music.
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The open mouths and waving hands indicate that these deceased ancestors can still communicate with their living descendants.
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Fataluku retain detailed knowledge of the itineraries of their ancestors who are thought to ensure the continuing vitality and health of their living descendants.
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He had at least 28 children by different wives, many of whom have living descendants.
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The groups also roughly correspond to time periods, although most if not all of these groups still have living descendants.
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It is rumored that there may be additional living descendants, but scholars disagree as to the legitimacy of these claims.
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It was a large species with distinctive features suggesting that it represents an extinct lineage with no living descendants.
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She is the only daughter to have living descendants today.
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They believed they could combine and rearrange the genetic material from these living descendants into a recreation of the extinct horse.
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Enantiornithines are thought to have left no living descendants.
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He sired a total of 2,250 foals, and as of 2003, was estimated to have in excess of 55,000 living descendants.
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He had a total of 30 children, and his living descendants in 2011 were estimated to number 30,000 to 50,000.
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The dead communicate with their living descendants through the dreams that they induce in them.
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They were catlike creatures that evolved in parallel with true cats but are not a part of the true cat lineage and have left no living descendants.
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They join together for a variety of purposes including exchanging genealogical information, sharing current news about family members, having reunions, and promoting family pride and unity among living descendants.
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Prum holds that birds are the living descendants of theropod dinosaurs, a previously highly disputed finding that has increasingly gained broad acceptance in the ornithological and evolutionary biology scientific communities.
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Aside from a pair of stillborn twins, none of the graves were identified, and archaeologists were unable to find any living descendants due to the obscurity of the cemetery.
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