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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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