- natural family
- natural family at"u*ral fam"i*ly, n. (Biol.) a group of living organisms classed as a {family} in a toxonomic classification. [PJC]
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natural family planning — noun any of several methods of family planning that do not involve sterilization or contraceptive devices or drugs; coitus is avoided during the fertile time of a woman s menstrual cycle • Hypernyms: ↑birth control, ↑birth prevention, ↑family… … Useful english dictionary
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family — natural family at u*ral fam i*ly, n. (Biol.) a group of living organisms classed as a {family} in a toxonomic classification. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Natural birth control — Infobox Birth control name = Natural birth control width = caption = bc type = natural birth control date first use = Ancient (abstinence, withdrawal, herbal) to modern (FA, heat based, LAM) rate type = Failure| perfect failure% = Various typical … Wikipedia
