Wordiyodescendant
🇬🇧 UK/di'sendәnt/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions
n.
A person or thing that comes from an ancestor, source, or earlier form.
后裔，子孙；派生物
adj.
Descending from an ancestor or source.
传下来的，下降的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.direct descendant直系后裔
- 2.lineal descendant嫡系后代
- 3.software descendant软件衍生版
Example Sentences
- 1.
Modern humans are direct descendants of early primates who lived millions of years ago.
- 2.
This software is a descendant of legacy systems originally built in the 1990s.