Nuclear-family
noun
1.
a social unit composed of two parents and one or more children.
noun
1.
(sociol, anthropol) a primary social unit consisting of parents and their offspring Compare extended family
nuclear family n.
A family unit consisting of a mother and father and their progeny.
A type of family made up only of parents and their children. (Compare extended family.)
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