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PAPA |
One parent? Or two? |
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HALF-SISTER |
A sister by one parent only. |
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ORPHAN |
Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent. |
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PARENTTICIDE |
One who kills one's own parent; a parricide. |
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HALF-BROTHER |
A brother by one parent, but not by both. |
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SIDE |
A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished
from that traced through another. |
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FATHER |
One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a
generator; a male parent. |
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MOTHER |
A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman
who has borne a child. |
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EURASIAN |
A child of a European parent on the one side and an
Asiatic on the other. |
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HALF-BLOODED |
Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds
or races; having only one parent of good stock; as, a half-blooded
sheep. |
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HALF-CASTE |
One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a
Hindoo or Mohammedan on the other. Also adjective; as, half-caste
parents. |
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ENDOGENY |
Growth from within; multiplication of cells by endogenous
division, as in the development of one or more cells in the interior of
a parent cell. |
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GEMMA |
A bud spore; one of the small spores or buds in the
reproduction of certain Protozoa, which separate one at a time from the
parent cell. |
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APPROACHING |
The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree
into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called,
also, inarching and grafting by approach. |
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NESTLE |
To move about in one's place, like a bird when shaping
the interior of her nest or a young bird getting close to the parent;
as, a child nestles. |
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MONOGENESIS |
That form of reproduction which requires but one
parent, as in reproduction by fission or in the formation of buds,
etc., which drop off and form new individuals; asexual reproduction. |
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INDULGENT |
Prone to indulge; yielding to the wishes, humor, or
appetites of those under one's care; compliant; not opposing or
restraining; tolerant; mild... |
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DISOWN |
To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's
self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as,
a parent can hardl... |
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HETEROGENESIS |
... the original
form, however, reappearing after one or more generations; -- opposed to
homogenesis, or gamogenesis. ... |
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MANGROVE |
The name of one or two trees of the genus Rhizophora (R.
Mangle, and R. mucronata, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting
muddy shores of tro... |
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GEMMULE |
One of the imaginary granules or atoms which, according to
Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis, are continually being thrown off
from every cell ... |