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What is the noun for progenitors?

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progenitor
  1. A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
  2. An individual from whom one or more people (dynasty, tribe, nation...) are descended.
  3. (biology) An ancestral form of a species
  4. (figuratively) A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.
  5. (figuratively) Someone who originates something.
  6. A founder.
  7. Synonyms:
      8. ancestor, forefather, forebear, father, primogenitor, grandfather, forbear, forebearer, parent, procreator, begetter, stirps, antecedent, predecessor, forerunner, precursor, tupuna, ascendant, patriarch, grandparent, foremother, relative, antecessor, elder, foregoer, mother, ascendent, fore-elder, materfamilias, matriarch, paterfamilias, sire, family predecessor, originator, prototype, founder, source, archetype, daddy, granddaddy, grandaddy, pioneer … more
  8. Examples:
      9. “John's great-great-great-great-grandfather was the progenitor of their family line, as he was the one from whom they were directly descended.”
      “The man who is considered the progenitor of modern drama.”
      “Maize was domesticated from its wild progenitor, teosinte, between 6,250 and 10,000 years ago in a single domestication event.”
progeniture
  1. procreation
  2. ancestry, lineage
  3. offspring, progeny
  4. Synonyms:
      5. offspring, progeny, children, issue, posterity, brood, spawn, seed, young, descendants, family, scion, lineage, successors, fruit, scions, heirs, kids, stock, youngsters, get, litter, offshoot, produce, babies, fry, generation, pup, quiverful, succession, heredity, sons and daughters, binary clone, fruit of one's loins, chip off the old block, descendant, child, breed, heir, successor, son, flesh and blood, daughter, issues, daughters, sons, sprogs, little ones, kin, begats … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “In the early 1700s, sieur Hazeur cedes the seigniory to his progeniture, Michel Sarrazin, member of the colony's Upper Council.”
progeny
  1. (uncountable) Offspring or descendants.
  2. (countable) A result of a creative effort.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. offspring, child, issue, spawn, descendant, fruit, get, breed, fruit of one's loins, binary clone, posterity, seed, scion, brood, progeniture, young, lineage, children, family, stock, offshoot, litter, successors, kids, successor, heir, descendants, produce, scions, babies, sons and daughters, chip off the old block, son, daughter, heirs, succession, youngsters, kin, issues, fry, pup, generation, daughters, sons, junior, flesh and blood, offshoots, hybrid, lineages, relation … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “You are the progeny of the great red dragon, and you are a descendant of Moab.”
      “A clustered mutation means that two or more progeny of a family inherit the same mutation.”
      “As a result, the progeny of a single queen make up a genetically diverse population.”
progenitrix
  1. A female progenitor, a foremother, any of a person's direct female ancestors (ancestresses).
  2. Synonyms:
      3. ancestress, foremother, matriarch
  3. Examples:
      4. “My great-grandmother is the noble progenitrix of our family, tracing our lineage back several generations.”
      “In the classic Heian period, the court would travel to Ise to visit the shrine to the Sun Goddess and imperial progenitrix Amaterasu.”
      “The apparition of the mother interpolates Elias' pain with that of the labor of a progenitrix.”
progenate
  1. (rare) A progenitor; a direct ancestor.
progenitorship
  1. The state of being a progenitor.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fatherhood, parentage, parenthood
progenitour
  1. Obsolete form of progenitor.
progenation
  1. (rare) The act of progenating
progenitress
  1. a female progenitor
  2. Synonyms:
      3. parent, mother, ma, mom, mammy, mater, mama, mamma, mommy, stepmother, matriarch, mumsy, mum, mummy, mam, materfamilias, dam, amma, Mata, mammie, momma, progenitrix, adoptive mother, surrogate mother, female parent, foster-mother, old lady, biological mother, birth mother, one's old lady, one's old woman, foster mother, old dear, old woman, predecessor, child-bearer, para, procreator, forebearer, ancestor, progenitor, granny, grandmother, matron, childbearer, baby-maker … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “According to the legend, the Prague Castle was founded by the Princess Libuše, the progenitress of Czech kings of the House of Přemysl.”
      “By ones, twos, and threes her descendants came to mourn over their progenitress.”
      “The book of Ruth embraces the foreign wife, Ruth the Moabitess, and gives her the honorific role of progenitress in King David's lineage.”
progenitorships
  1. plural of progenitorship
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fatherhoods, parentages, parenthoods
progenitresses
  1. plural of progenitress
  2. Synonyms:
      3. parents, mothers, mas, moms, mammies, maters, mamas, mammae, mommies, stepmothers, matriarchs, mumsies, mums, mummies, mams, materfamiliases, dams, ammas, mommas, progenitrices, adoptive mothers, surrogate mothers, old ladies, biological mothers, birth mothers, foster mothers, old dears, old women, predecessors, procreators, paras, progenitors, ancestors, forebearers, grannies, grandmothers, matrons … more
progenitours
  1. plural of progenitour
progenitures
  1. plural of progeniture
  2. Synonyms:
      3. offspring, progeny, issues, posterity, broods, spawn, seed, young, family, scions, lineages, fruit, stock, gets, litter, offshoots, produce, fries, generation, pups, quiverfuls, succession, heredity, binary clones, fruit of one's loins, descendants, children, flesh and blood, breeds, kins, daughters, sons, heirs, successors, race, schools, relatives, relations, unborn, next generations, spin-offs, inheritors, lines, product, afterbears, future, nearest and dearest, nests, flocks, hatches … more
progenitrices
  1. plural of progenitrix
  2. Synonyms:
      3. ancestresses, foremothers, matriarchs, mums, mothers, moms, mas, mammies, maters, mamas, mommies, mammae, mummies, mams, mumsies, stepmothers, materfamiliases, ammas, progenitresses, mommas, adoptive mothers, surrogate mothers, old ladies, biological mothers, birth mothers, foster mothers, old dears, old women, dams, parents, predecessors, procreators, paras, progenitors, ancestors, forebearers, grannies, grandmothers, matrons … more
progenitors
  1. plural of progenitor
  2. Synonyms:
      3. ancestry, lineage, descent, line, stock, extraction, pedigree, parentage, family, blood, genealogy, birth, origin, bloodline, race, strain, heritage, breeding, derivation, house, roots, dynasty, stirps, breed, kindred, forebears, ancestors, filiation, heredity, forefathers, antecedents, ancestor, progenitor, forebear, forefather, foregoer, forerunner, precursor, primogenitor, antecedent, antecessor, foremother, source, family tree, background, origins, line of descent, folk, foremothers, family trees … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Note that copy numbers in tetraploids were slightly less than double those in respective diploid progenitors.”
      “Wolfe offers an updated understanding of fraternities as social lockboxes far removed from their bawdy Animal House progenitors.”
      “It is unclear which or how many wild species or cultigens were the progenitors of the extant avocado races.”
progenates
  1. plural of progenate
progenies
  1. plural of progeny
  2. Synonyms:
      3. offsprings, childer, issues, spawn, descendants, fruits, gets, breeds, fruits of one's loins, binary clones, lineages, families, pedigrees, races, lines, stocks, extractions, tribes, folks, strains, types, kinds, genera, clans, bloods, housen, ancestries, dynasties, peoples, species, kindreds, relatives, descents, parentages, kinfolks, relations, kins, classes, forebears, progenitors, generations, likes, ancestors, stripes, bloodlines, kinsfolks, backgrounds, kinsmen, feathers, births … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The writers discussed by Bloom, Macherey, Derrida et al. are male precursors who have engendered, albeit not spermatically, male progenies.”
      “Both parents and all the progenies are hexaploids, as shown twice using flow cytometry.”
      “Inflammation of the tonsils is usually due to infection by streptococcus progenies.”
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