a.[Z][B]

1. 父亲的，父亲般的
2. 父亲一方的，父系的
   one's paternal grandmother

   祖母

3. 得自父亲的；由父亲遗传的
   Her blue eyes were a paternal inheritance.

   她的蓝眼睛是她父亲遗传给她的。

adj.

1. of or appropriate to a father.
2. related through the father:
   his paternal grandfather.