Ancestor
Ancestor noun - A person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent.
Fruit
Fruit noun - The descendants of a person, animal, or plant.
Usage example: according to the Bible, God promised Abraham that the fruit of his loins would someday become a great nation
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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In the same book, the adventure "The Quest for Fruit" features a mad wizard who has recreated prehistoric creatures, including an ancestor of the swamp dragon which looks very similar to a velociraptor.
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According to Darling, they "massacred the peace-loving pygmies of the Upper Volta and stole all their fruit." He also seems genuinely horrified when he learns he's sent an innocent woman to the firing squad in "General Hospital"; hard to imagine his heartless Regency ancestor being so shaken.
Source: Series / Blackadder - In fact, all individuals of all species on Earth, from bacteria to sequoias to fruit flies to humans, is related through the Latest Common Ancestor
Source: Everyone Is Related
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