1. Like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective
   - fatherly

See also: paternal

• family Cercopidae
• family Cercopithecidae
• family Certhiidae
• family Cervidae
• family Cestidae
• family Cetorhinidae
• family Chaetodontidae
• family Chalcidae
• family Chalcididae
• family Chamaeleonidae
• family Chamaeleontidae
• family Characeae
• family Characidae
• family Characinidae
• family Charadriidae
• family Chelonidae
• family Cheloniidae
• family Chelydridae
• family Chenopodiaceae
• family Chermidae
• family Chimaeridae
• family Chinchillidae
• family Chironomidae
• family Chlamydiaceae
• family Chlamydomonadaceae