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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   progenitor

   • IPA[prəˈjenədər]

   美式

   • n.
     a person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates; an ancestor or parent；a person who originates an artistic, political, or intellectual movement

   • noun: progenitor, plural noun: progenitors

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates; an ancestor or parent his sons and daughters were the progenitors of many of Scotland's leading noble families 同義詞 ancestor, forefather, forebear, parent, archaicbegetter, ... 更多rareprimogenitor, procreator, stirps
   • ▪ a person who originates an artistic, political, or intellectual movement the progenitor of modern jazz 同義詞 originator, founder, instigator, source, forerunner, ... 更多predecessor, precursor, antecedent
3. • 更多解釋

   progenitor

   • IPA[prə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪtə]

   英式

   • n.
     a person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates; an ancestor ... his children were the progenitors of many of Scotland's noble families

   Oxford Dictionary