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Adjective: parental  pu'ren-t(u)l
  1. (genetics) designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced
     
  2. Relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent
    "parental guidance";
    - maternal, paternal

Antonym: filial

Encyclopedia: Parental

Nearest

pare down
paregmenon
paregoric
pareidolia
parenchyma
parenchymal
parenesis
parent
parent company
parentage
parental
parental leave
parental quality
parentally
parented
parenteral
parenterally
parenthesis
parenthesise
parenthesis-free notation
parenthesize