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

  • (..) ...and Three Waters. The question that's kept me up for the last hours... ...the question I have to ask, is: What if the worst... ...the most horrifying biological attack in this country's history... ...was not the work of religious extremists? Well, I don't understand. We know it was. (..)
    2005 V for Vendetta