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gen·i·tor

(jĕn′ĭ-tər)

1. One who produces or creates.

2. Anthropology A natural father or mother.

[Middle English genitour, from Old French genitor, from Latin, from genitus, past participle of gignere, to beget; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]

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genitor

(ˈdʒɛnɪtə; -tɔː)

(Law) the biological father as distinguished from the pater or legal father

[C15: from Latin, from gignere to beget]

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genitor - a natural father or mother

primogenitor, progenitor - an ancestor in the direct line

parent - a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian

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géniteur

genitor

n (Biol) → Erzeuger m

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Most of the American genealogists commence their traditions like the stories for children, with three brothers, taking especial care that one of the triumvirate shall be the pro genitor of any of the same name who may happen to be better furnished with worldly gear than themselves.

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Sharing details of the action taken against absent staff, he said the health department has been directed to prepare report against four medical officers while two genitors have been sacked from service over absenteeism.

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The genitors ([P.sub.1] and [P.sub.2]) were crossed resulting in [F.sub.1] and [F.sub.2] generations and backcrosses BC1 ([P.sub.1] x [F.sub.1]) and [BC.sub.2] ([P.sub.2] x [RC.sub.2]).

Estimativas de parametros geneticos para ferro, zinco, magnesio e fosforo em graos de feijao

Selection of these genitors was made on the basis of (1) the outer shell variant phenotypes, with "black," "yellow," and "red" colors for genitors N, J, and R, respectively; and (2) the "green" inner shell color phenotype for genitors 1, B, and C (Fig.

Growth performance comparison of Pinctada margaritifera juveniles produced by thermal shock or gonad scarification spawning procedures

Analysis of meiotic behavior in selecting potential genitors among diploid and artificially induced tetraploid accessions of Brachiaria ruziziensis (Poaceae).

Intra-inflorescence pollen viability in accessions of Brachiaria ruziziensis/Viabilidade de polen intra-inflorescencia em acessos de Brachiaria ruziziensis

do Valle, "Analysis of meiotic behavior in selecting potential genitors among diploid and artificially induced tetraploid accessions of Brachiaria ruziziensis (Poaceae)," Euphytica, vol.

Cytomictic anomalous male meiosis and 2n pollen grain formation in Mertensia echioides Benth

Moreover, they are full members of their mother's various kin groups, and it is tacitly known that many siblings have different genitors. The first thing to note here is Schroter's reference to what happens in cases of divorce.

Unilineal descent and the house--again: the Ngadha, eastern Indonesia

Through the creation of a high productivity bee line in the hill-mountain area, we followed to increase the biological potential of the Apis mellifera carpatica Romanian bee and to obtain genitors with wished biological and economical traits.