cenancestor

English

Etymology

From cen- +‎ ancestor.

Noun

cenancestor (plural cenancestors)

1. The last ancestor common of two or more lineages, especially the last universal common ancestor of all life.

   The wealth of phylogenetic information older than the cenancestor itself may be larger than realized.

Synonyms

• last common ancestor
• concestor
• last universal common ancestor
• last universal ancestor
• LCA
• LUA
• LUCA