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Noun: family unit
  1. Primary social group; parents and children
    "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family unit";
    - family

Derived forms: family units

Type of: clan, kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group, tribe

Encyclopedia: Family unit

Nearest

family Turnicidae
family Tylenchidae
family Typhaceae
family Typhlopidae
family Tytonidae
family Uintatheriidae
family Ulmaceae
family Ulvaceae
family Umbelliferae
family Unionidae
family unit
family Upupidae
family Uranoscopidae
family Ursidae
family Urticaceae
family Usneaceae
family Ustilaginaceae
family Valerianaceae
family Varanidae
family Veneridae
family Verbenaceae