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ancestral

Syllabification: (an·ces·tral)

Pronunciation: /anˈsestrəl/

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Definition of ancestral

adjective

[attributive]

of, belonging to, inherited from, or denoting an ancestor or ancestors:the family’s ancestral home the only records of the ancestral forms are their fossils