progenitor
noun[C]
formaluk/prəʊˈdʒen.ɪ.tər/us/proʊˈdʒen.ə.t̬ɚ/theparentordirectancestorof aperson,animal, orplant:
Achildhas amaleprogenitor and afemaleprogenitor.
Aseriesof severalpersonsdescendedfrom acommonprogenitor is called aline.
your parents
- parentMy parents died when I was young.
- biological parentSome children are raised by grandparents or other family members, instead of their biological parents.
- adoptive parentWhen he was 7 months old, his mother gave him up to his adoptive parents.
- motherHave you met my mother?
- fatherMy father fully supports my life choices.
- mumUKMy mum and dad go there every year.
apersonwho firstthinksof something andcausesit toexist:
Marx was the progenitor ofcommunism.马克思是共产主义的创始人。
The Sagrada Familia wasconceivedoriginallybyitsprogenitor, theCatalanpublisherJosep Bocabella.
something from which another thingdevelopsor thatcausessomethingelsetohappenorexist:
The progenitor ofrock'n'roll wasrhythmandblues.
Tobaccosurelyrivalsarsenicas a progenitor offatalcancer.
- In 2000, it wasshownthat asampleof 250 men with thenameSykessharedthe same progenitor.
- Domesticcatscan betracedtowildprogenitors thatinterbredwell over 100,000yearsago.
- JohnEgan is one of the progenitors of themodernextremeskiingmovement.
- This 1967filmis the progenitor ofcountlesstrue-crimefilms.
Parents & children
- babyhood
- babymoon
- bastard
- brat
- child abuse
- fraternal twin
- guardianship
- identical twin
- illegitimacy
- orphan
- parent
- parentage
- parental
- parenthood
- step-parent
- the generation gap
- triplet
- tug of love
- twin
- without issueidiom
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