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Definition of Male parent
1. Noun. A male parent (also used as a term of address to your father). "His father was born in Atlanta"
Specialized synonyms: Dad, Dada, Daddy, Pa, Papa, Pappa, Pop, Father-in-law, Old Man, Pater
Generic synonyms: Parent
Derivative terms: Beget, Father, Fatherly
Antonyms: Mother, Female Parent
Lexicographical Neighbors of Male Parent
Literary usage of Male parent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... from Huxley that the mule, whose male parent is an ass, is more like the ass,
and that the hinny, whose male parent is a horse, is more like the horse. ..."
2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1910)
"The male parent resembles the United States varieties in having the first secondary
... male parent.—The same as the female parent of hybrid Gh2. Hybrid. ..."
3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"(2) The extent of approximation toward the male parent depends on the ... (4)
The general conclusion as to the prepotency of thp male parent accords so far ..."
4. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1916)
"It appears, therefore, that the complete resemblance to the 'male parent, ...
Hybrids showing a predominance of the characters of the male parent have been ..."
5. The Breeding of Animals by Frederick Blackmar Mumford (1917)
"Effect of intoxication of the male parent on his offspring. — The fertilized egg
may be so influenced by various environmental factors that the embryos ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... from Huxley that the mule, whose male parent is an ass, is more like the ass,
and that the hinny, whose male parent is a horse, is more like the horse. ..."
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