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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced;

2. relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent;
- Example: "parental guidance"
[syn: parental, maternal, paternal]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Parental \Pa*ren"tal\, a. [L. parentalis.]
   1. Of or pertaining to a parent or to parents; as, parental
      authority; parental obligations; parental affection.
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   2. Becoming to, or characteristic of, parents; tender;
      affectionate; devoted; as, parental care.
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            The careful course and parental provision of nature.
                                                  --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

parental
    adj 1: designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid
           offspring are produced [ant: filial]
    2: relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent;
       "parental guidance" [syn: parental, maternal, paternal]
       [ant: filial]