biparental
adjective
bi·pa·ren·tal
ˌbī-pə-ˈren-tᵊl 
: of, relating to, involving, or derived from two parents
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Behavioral biologists are fascinated by burying beetles because of their biparental model of care: males and females prepare meaty balls from carcasses and then coöperatively raise larvae on them.
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Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Our biased admiration for good fathers is misapplied to a species, such as the bald eagle, in which biparental care is the rule.
—Time, 17 June 2023
And two other families each had members of multiple generations harboring biparental mtDNA.
—Lacy Schley, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2018
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Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Our biased admiration for good fathers is misapplied to a species, such as the bald eagle, in which biparental care is the rule.
—Time, 17 June 2023
And two other families each had members of multiple generations harboring biparental mtDNA.
—Lacy Schley, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2018
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biparental
adjective
bi·pa·ren·tal
ˌbī-pə-ˈrent-ᵊl
: of, relating to, involving, or derived from two parents
biparental reproduction
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