progenitor /proʊˈʤɛnətɚ/ noun plural progenitors
plural progenitors
Learner's definition of PROGENITOR
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1 formal
a : someone who first thinks of or does something : a person who begins something先驱;创始人 b : something that is a model for something else : something that begins the development of something else前身;始祖 2
biology : a person or animal in the past that is related to a person or animal living now : ancestor(人或动物的)祖先