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FILIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring
Example:
filial respect
Classified under:
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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