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extraparental

extraparental adjective: beyond the parents.

Adjective

extraparental (not comparable)

  1. Beyond the parents.
    • Although there have always been multiple demands on the limited time of women and there has always been a need for extraparental care, societies have developed many ways of coping.1994, Patricia P. Olmsted, David P. Weikart, Families Speak, page 368

Origin of extraparental

From extra- + parental.

Questions about extraparental

What does extraparental mean?
Extraparental means beyond the parents.
What part of speech is extraparental?
Extraparental is an adjective.

Words near extraparental in the dictionary

  1. extraparasite
  2. extraparasitic
  3. extraparathyroidal
  4. extraparenchymal
  5. extraparenchymally
  6. extraparental
  7. extraparietal
  8. extraparliamentary
  9. extraparochial
  10. extraparochially
  11. extrapate

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