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filial

filial

8.1
A generation that comes from certain parents
  • adjective
  • /ˈfɪliəl/
  • Specialized
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  • The researchers studied filial relationships in animals to understand how traits are passed from parents to offspring.

Examples

  • We denote generations with an FF stands for filial, meaning children.

  • During the process of development of filial generations, the resulting genotypes were characterized repeatedly for aphid tolerance and grain yield at WRI, Faisalabad.

    Academic text (2014)

  • In biology, the term filial refers to generations that follow the parental generation, such as children and grandchildren.

  • Filial generation is crucial for genetic studies, as it helps scientists track inherited characteristics.

Antonyms

parental
  • Specialized
4 3.5

Of the mother and father plants or animals used to make hybrids

Compounds

filial love
1 4.4

A child's deep love for their parents

filial duty
  • Formal
6.5

A child's responsibility to respect, care for, and support their parents

Surface Forms

filial positive

Morphology

filial = fili + al

The biological/genetic sense is a specialized extension of the same Latin-derived formation and is not transparently analyzable by learners from common English vocabulary.

Etymology

Filial also comes from the Latin filius and filia, meaning 'son' and 'daughter'. So in biology filial names a 'child' generation after the parents, which is why scientists call the first child generation F1.