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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
filial /ˈfɪlɪəl/

▶adjective

1 relating to or due from a son or daughter.

2 Biology denoting the offspring of a cross.

– derivatives
filially adverb.

– origin ME: from OFr., or from eccles. L. filialis, from filius ‘son’, filia ‘daughter’.

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