modern descendant

collocation in English

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modern
adjective
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/ˈmɒd.ən/us
/ˈmɑː.dɚn/
designed and made using the most recent ideas ...
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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 ofmodernanddescendantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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While their closestmoderndescendantis the horseshoe crab, they bear close resemblance to the modern woodlouse.
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The deed is themoderndescendantof the medieval charter, and delivery is thought to symbolically replace the ancient ceremony of livery of seisin.
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The voltaic pile, and itsmoderndescendant, the electrical battery, store energy chemically and make it available on demand in the form of electrical energy.
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Anothermoderndescendantis the modern longeing cavesson which includes a heavy noseband with a rein at the nose, but it is used for longeing, not for riding.
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Contemporary populations in intervening areas, presumably speaking languages with no modern descendants, are not really taken into account in these reconstructions.
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A voluntary dismissal with prejudice (meaning the plaintiff is permanently barred from further litigating the same subject matter) is themoderndescendantof the common law procedure known as retraxit.
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He explained: through a series of successive periods prehistoric cultures were linked to proto-historic, historic, and modern descendants.
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It was around 60cm hand high at the shoulder, and probably represented a side-branch of horse evolution that left no modern descendants.
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Various points of view exist as to their modern descendants.
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Other basic immune mechanisms evolved in ancient eukaryotes and remain in their modern descendants, such as plants and insects.
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Perhaps it was more terrestrial than its modern descendants, using its semi-upright gait to pursue prey.
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The name is still used today for their modern descendants.
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While similarities are still visible between the modern descendants and relatives of these ancient languages, the differences have increased over time.
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Oddly, the material had been also recovered earlier, but it proved to be so similar to the modern descendants that scientists had believed the earlier samples were contaminated.
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The earliest cottage gardens were more practical than their modern descendants with an emphasis on vegetables and herbs, along with some fruit trees, perhaps a beehive, and even livestock.
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