biological

Definition

  • adjective: of or relating to biology or to life and living things
  • adjective: of or relating to 'biology' or to life and living processes
  • used to distinguish the parents who gave birth to a child from the parents who later adopted the child
  • synonyms: biologic, begotten, natural

Examples

  • She felt her 'biological clock' ticking away and wanted to have a baby as soon as possible.

  • an adopted child who finally found her 'biological' mother

  • She practices 'biological control' in her gardening.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) That is accu.. Yes, that is accurate. - Why? Why is this happening? - We still don't know. But, it may have something to do with biology. A biological component. You know, something in their DNA. In their DNA, can you elaborate on that, please? Yes. What I mean is thousands of years ago (..)
    2016 Zootopia
  • (..) forces that ruled our world A world where prey were... scared of predators. And predators had an uncontrollable... biological urge to maim, and maul, and... Blood! Blood! Blood! Back then, the world was divided in two. Vicious predator, or meek prey. But over time, we evolved, (..)
    2016 Zootopia