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fil•i•al



Pronunciation: (fil'ē-ul), [key]
—adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or befitting a son or daughter: filial obedience.
2. noting or having the relation of a child to a parent.
3. Genetics.pertaining to the sequence of generations following the parental generation, each generation being designated by an F followed by a subscript number indicating its place in the sequence.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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