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progenitrix

progenitrix noun: a female progenitor, a foremother, any of a person's direct female ancestors (ancestresses).

Noun

progenitrix (plural progenitrices)

  1. A female progenitor, a foremother, any of a person's direct female ancestors (ancestresses).

progenitrix meaning in Bengali

progenitrix in Bengali

progenitrix, progenitress; mother; wet nurse; foster mother; midwife
ধাত্রী dhatri

Synonyms of progenitrix

Forms of progenitrix

pluralprogenitrices

Origin of progenitrix

Learned borrowing from Latin prōgenitrīx. By surface analysis, progenitor + -trix.

Questions about progenitrix

What does progenitrix mean?
Progenitrix means a female progenitor, a foremother, any of a person's direct female ancestors (ancestresses).
What is progenitrix in Bengali?
Progenitrix in Bengali is ধাত্রী (dhatri). See Progenitrix meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is progenitrix?
Progenitrix is a noun.
What is the plural of progenitrix?
The plural of progenitrix is progenitrices.

Words near progenitrix in the dictionary

  1. progenitour
  2. progenitours
  3. progenitress
  4. progenitresses
  5. progenitrices
  6. progenitrix
  7. progeniture
  8. progenitures
  9. progenocide
  10. progenome
  11. progenomes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: progenitrix (page history and authors); ধাত্রী (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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