"Male parent" Quotes from Famous Books
... wondrous hypocrisy and power of disguise which women practise, and with which weapons of defence nature endows them, the traces of her emotion disappeared; and she went and took her work, and sate in the corner so demure and quiet, that the careless male parent never ... — The History of Pendennis • William Makepeace Thackeray
... chick is infected before it emerges from the shell. It is highly improbable, and there is no certain evidence for it, that the extremely small amount of material contributed by the male can become infected and bring infection to the new organism. In the cases in which disease of the male parent is transferred to the offspring, it is either by an infection of the female by the male, with transference of the infection from her to the developing organism, or with the male sexual cells there may be a transference to the female of the infectious material and the new organism ... — Disease and Its Causes • William Thomas Councilman
... show a male parent offhand?" inquired a slow voice behind us. I jumped round, and ... — The Virginian - A Horseman Of The Plains • Owen Wister |