"apical ancestor" meaning in English

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      "form": "apical ancestors",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "In kinship and descent, a common ancestor from whom a lineage or clan may trace its descent. The ancestor who is at the apex of the genealogy."
      ],
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          "kinship",
          "kinship"
        ],
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          "descent",
          "descent"
        ],
        [
          "lineage",
          "lineage"
        ],
        [
          "clan",
          "clan"
        ],
        [
          "apex",
          "apex"
        ],
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          "genealogy",
          "genealogy"
        ]
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      "glosses": [
        "For clans, a common ancestor, who may be real, fictionalized, or a nonhuman totem."
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "39 61",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "common ancestor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ancestral apical"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "39 61",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rodonačálʹnik",
          "sense": "common ancestor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "родонача́льник"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "apical ancestor"
}

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      "form": "apical ancestors",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "In kinship and descent, a common ancestor from whom a lineage or clan may trace its descent. The ancestor who is at the apex of the genealogy."
      ],
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        [
          "kinship",
          "kinship"
        ],
        [
          "descent",
          "descent"
        ],
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          "lineage",
          "lineage"
        ],
        [
          "clan",
          "clan"
        ],
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          "apex",
          "apex"
        ],
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          "genealogy",
          "genealogy"
        ]
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        "For clans, a common ancestor, who may be real, fictionalized, or a nonhuman totem."
      ],
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          "totem",
          "totem"
        ]
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "common ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ancestral apical"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rodonačálʹnik",
      "sense": "common ancestor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "родонача́льник"
    }
  ],
  "word": "apical ancestor"
}