ancestors (noun)
111family Hominidae — noun modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man • Syn: ↑Hominidae • Hypernyms: ↑mammal family • Member Holonyms: ↑Anthropoidea, ↑suborder Anthropoidea • Member Meronyms …
112German American — noun an American who was born in Germany or whose ancestors were German • Hypernyms: ↑American …
113Shintoism — noun the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors • Syn: ↑Shinto • Derivationally related forms: ↑Shintoistic, ↑Shintoist • Hypernyms: ↑religion, ↑faith, ↑ …
114ancestor cult — noun : a ritualistic system of veneration, honor, and propitiation of the spirits of dead ancestors for the purpose of avoiding evil consequences and securing good fortune …
115dreamtime — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: probably translation of Australian alchera, alcheringa : the aboriginal time of creation in the mythology of the Australian natives : the mythical beginning time when all things were created, including the first human… …
116heterogenetic association — noun : the pairing in synapsis of genomes from diverse ancestors in a polyploid organism …
117high grade — noun : something that is of superior grade: as a. : ore of high value or of relatively high value as compared with the average ore in a specific mine b. : a grade animal that in conformation and economic qualities approximates the breed to which… …
118maximal lineage — noun : a large kinship group comprising all the descendants of a remotest known ancestor with lineage being usually traced only through ancestors of the same sex as the initial progenitor contrasted with minimal lineage …
119old american — noun Usage: usually capitalized O&A : an American descended from white ancestors who for three or more generations have been born in the United States …
120park cattle — noun Usage: usually capitalized P&C : a breed or variety of white long haired polled or horned cattle with dark points that is maintained in a semidomesticated state on a few English estates and is sometimes considered very close to the wild… …
