parentela noun. [par(ǝ)n'ti:lǝ] E20.
[Late Latin = relationship, from Latin parent-: see PARENT.]
Biology. The set of all descendants of a particular pair of individuals.

■ parentelic [-'tɛlɪk] adjective of or pertaining to relationship deriving from common progenitors L19.

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