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heteroparental

heteroparental adjective: having a parent of each sex.

Adjective

heteroparental (not comparable)

  1. Having a parent of each sex.
    • They can fall apart and re-unite just like heteroparental families.2016, Robert Kulpa, De-Centring Western Sexualities: Central and Eastern European Perspectives

Origin of heteroparental

From hetero- + parental.

Questions about heteroparental

What does heteroparental mean?
Heteroparental means having a parent of each sex.
What part of speech is heteroparental?
Heteroparental is an adjective.

Words near heteroparental in the dictionary

  1. heteroousious
  2. heteropagi
  3. heteropagus
  4. heteropalindrome
  5. heteropalindromes
  6. heteroparental
  7. heteropartner
  8. heteropartners
  9. heteropaternal
  10. heteropaternity
  11. heteropathic

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