ancestral
adjective
ancestrally
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a word derived from
ancestral.
Example Sentences
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"Most frogs are nocturnal, and so ancestrally, they really have this visual system that's adapted to these nocturnal environments," he says.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2024
While not accusing the company of any wrongdoing, Ms Claridge said: "Conservation of these lands should be undertaken by the communities who ancestrally own them and who know how to do so."
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2023
We know, either directly or ancestrally, that it’s connected with something holy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2022
"Although they had higher metabolic rates ancestrally, ornithischians reduced their metabolic abilities towards ectothermy," the authors wrote.
From Salon ● May 29, 2022
People aren't responsible for their ancestors, but they are for their descendants to a great extent, and Mrs. Cressy seems to understand this more clearly than certain ancestrally dependent persons I have met.
From People Like That by Kate Langley Bosher
