Collocations withdescendant
These are words often used in combination withdescendant.
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direct descendant
We are left in no doubt that we are dealing with a direct descendant of the animal whose special gift was the multiplication of words.
From theCambridge English Corpus
lineal descendant
I suggest that there is an alternative, and that is its lineal descendant, the basic income guarantee scheme.
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living descendants
The latter claim a special distinction as living descendants of the original troubadours; the former views himself as more remotely related to medieval music.
From theCambridge English Corpus
male descendant
All adult male descendants of previous monarchs were eligible for the throne.
From theCambridge English Corpus
modern descendant
While their closest modern descendant is the horseshoe crab, they bear close resemblance to the modern woodlouse.
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