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nonancestral

nonancestral adjective: not ancestral.

Adjective

nonancestral (not comparable)

  1. Not ancestral.
    • nonancestral genetic material
    • a nonancestral deity

Origin of nonancestral

From non- + ancestral.

Questions about nonancestral

What does nonancestral mean?
Nonancestral means not ancestral.
What part of speech is nonancestral?
Nonancestral is an adjective.

Words near nonancestral in the dictionary

  1. nonanarchists
  2. nonanastomotic
  3. nonanatomic
  4. nonanatomical
  5. nonanatomically
  6. nonancestral
  7. nonancient
  8. nonancillary
  9. nonandic
  10. nonandrogenic
  11. nonandrogynous

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