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alloparents

alloparents is the plural of alloparent.

Meaning of alloparent

Noun

alloparent (plural alloparents)

  1. An adult animal or person involved in parent-like behaviour towards an individual that is not their offspring.
    • And Hrdy further suggests that the immersion of human babies in a pool of alloparents would have honed the mind-reading skills and empathy that are so important to our species, faster than anything else.2011, Chris Stringer, The Origin of Our Species, Penguin, published 2012, page 142
    Synonyms:
    bonus parent

Questions about alloparents

What is alloparents the plural of?
Alloparents is the plural of alloparent.

Words near alloparents in the dictionary

  1. alloparasitoid
  2. alloparasitoids
  3. alloparent
  4. alloparental
  5. alloparenting
  6. alloparents
  7. allopaternal
  8. allopath
  9. allopathetic
  10. allopathic
  11. allopathic medicine

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