cenancestor

English

Etymology

From cen- +‎ ancestor.

Noun

cenancestor (plural cenancestors)

  1. (biology, paleontology, taxonomy) The last ancestor common of two or more lineages, especially the last universal common ancestor of all life.
    Synonyms: concestor, last common ancestor, last universal ancestor, last universal common ancestor, LCA (initialism), LUA (initialism), LUCA (initialism)
    • 2000, Fergus G. Priest, Michael Goodfellow (editors), Applied Microbial Systematics, page 35:
      If Gram-positive Bacteria and Archaea did diverge first from the cenancestor, then it would be reasonable to assume that these groups should be monophyletic.
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