Social Behavior
paternal behavior
pa·ter·nal be·hav·ior
Definitions related to paternal behavior:
  • Behavior patterns associated with or characteristic of a father.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Male behaviors associated with the care and rearing offspring.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
  • The behavior patterns associated with or characteristic of a father.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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