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   descendant

   /dɪˈsɛnd(ə)nt/

   noun

   • 1. a person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor: "she's a descendant of Charles Darwin"
   • ▪ a machine, artefact, system, etc., that has developed from an earlier, more rudimentary version: "house music is a descendant of disco"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘descending’): from French, present participle of descendre ‘to descend’ (see descend). The noun dates from the early 17th century.

   Scrabble Points: 14

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