Hypertext Webster Gateway: "parental"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Parental \Pa*ren"tal\, a. [L. parentalis.]
1. Of or pertaining to a parent or to parents; as, parental
authority; parental obligations.
2. Becoming to, or characteristic of, parents; tender;
affectionate; devoted; as, parental care.
The careful course and parental provision of nature.
--Sir T.
Browne.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
parental
adj 1: (genetics) 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: {maternal}, {paternal}] [ant: {filial}]
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