Usually means: Ancestor shared by multiple descendants.
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  1. common ancestor: Wiktionary
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  1. common ancestor: Genealogy Glossary

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  2. common ancestor: Evolution Glossary

Definitions from Wiktionary (common ancestor)

noun:  An ancestor that two or more descendants have in common.

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