filial generation

noun

: a generation in a breeding experiment that is successive to a mating between parents of two distinctively different but usually relatively pure genotypes

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

filial generation

noun

fil·​ial generation ˈfil-ē-əl-, ˈfil-yəl- 

: a generation in a breeding experiment that is successive to a parental generation compare f₁ generation, f₂ generation