para-, par-, -parous, -partum
(Greek > Latin: to bring forth, to bear; producing viable offspring; giving birth to; brood; secreting)
An animal or a person showing parental behavior toward young that are not its own: Jane wanted to be he alloparent of the little kitten she found in the bushes near her school and take care of it at home.
alloparental (adjective), more alloparental, most alloparental
Relating to or being to the protection of another's offspring: Aalloparental care can pertain to the care of non-decendent young, that also includes grandchildren.
andropara
androparous
aquiparous
1. Producing water or a watery secretion.
2. Secreting water; applied to certain glands.
2. Secreting water; applied to certain glands.
biological parent, birth parent
A parent who has conceived (biological mother) or sired (biological father) rather than adopted a child and whose genes are therefore transmitted to the child.
A natural parent.
bipara
biparous
decipara
deciparous
deiparous
Bearing or bringing forth a god (giving birth to a god).
dentiparous
deuteripara, secundipara
A woman who has had two pregnancies carried to the stage of viability, regardless of whether the fetus was born dead or alive or whether the gestation was single or multiple.
dorsiparous (adjective), more dorsiparous, most dorsiparous