parental

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Adjective

parental

1. of or relating to a parent
2. befitting a parent; affectionate; tender
3. (genetics) of the generation of organisms that produce a hybrid
   • 1916, William E. Castle & Gregor Mendel, Genetics & Eugenics ↗, p. 101.

     This, following Bateson, we may call the parental generation or P generation. Subsequent generations are called filial generations (abbreviated F) and their numerical order is indicated by a subscript, [...]

Antonyms

• (relating to a parent) filial
• (genetics) filial

Translations

• French: parental
• German: elterlich
• Italian: parentale
• Portuguese: parental
• Russian: роди́тельский
• Spanish: parental

Noun

parental (plural parentals)

1. A person fulfilling a parental role.

   Nowadays there are all kinds of potential parentals besides parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, step-parents, in-laws, older siblings and cousins, and those in civil unions.

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