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coancestry

coancestry noun: a measure of the degree of common ancestry of two (or more) individuals.

Noun

coancestry (countable and uncountable, plural coancestries)

  1. A measure of the degree of common ancestry of two (or more) individuals

Forms of coancestry

pluralcoancestries

Origin of coancestry

From co- + ancestry.

Questions about coancestry

What does coancestry mean?
Coancestry means a measure of the degree of common ancestry of two (or more) individuals.
What part of speech is coancestry?
Coancestry is a noun.
What is the plural of coancestry?
The plural of coancestry is coancestries.

Words near coancestry in the dictionary

  1. coanalyze
  2. coanalyzed
  3. coanalyzes
  4. coanalyzing
  5. coancestries
  6. coancestry
  7. coancha
  8. coanchor
  9. coanchored
  10. coanchoring
  11. coanchors

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