paternal
/pəˈtɜː(ɹ)nəl/ · adjective
Meaning
- Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family
- Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.
- Received or inherited from one's father.
- Acting as a father
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