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FILIAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring

Example:

filial respect

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

daughterly (befitting a daughter)

Antonym:

parental (relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)

Antonym:

parental (designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced)

Pertainym:

offspring (the immediate descendants of a person)

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