Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

concestor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-ces-tor
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The last common ancestor, especially of several different species.

Etymology

Coined by British biologist Richard Dawkins in 2004 in his book The Ancestor's Tale.

Inflected Forms

concestors (plural)

Phrases

last universal common ancestor

Frequently Paired Words

last universal common ancestor

Synonyms

cenancestor

Questions

What does concestor mean?: The last common ancestor, especially of several different species.
Where does concestor come from?: Coined by British biologist Richard Dawkins in 2004 in his book The Ancestor's Tale.

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