descendant
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Is descendant a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (figuratively) A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.Examples: "This famous medieval manuscript has many descendants."figuratively
2. (biology) A later evolutionary type.Examples: "Dogs evolved as descendants of early wolves."
3. (linguistics) A language that is descended from another.Examples: "English and Scots are the descendants of Old English."
4. (linguistics) A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.Examples: "The direct descendant of this form is the Slavic aorist: Sb.-Cr. nȍsī, dȍnosī."Synonyms: reflex, derivativeAntonyms: etymon
5. (astrology) The intersection of the western (setting) horizon and the ecliptic, its ecliptical longitude; the astrological sign it corresponds to.
Definition source: Wiktionary