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maternal


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Maternal  \Ma*ter"nal\,  a.  [F.  maternel,  L.  maternus  fr  mater 
  mother.  See  {Mother}.] 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  a  mother;  becoming  to  a  mother;  motherly; 
  as  maternal  love;  maternal  tenderness. 
 
  Syn:  See  {Motherly}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  maternal 
  adj  1:  characteristic  of  a  mother;  "warm  maternal  affection  for  her 
  guest"-  Dorothy  Sayers  [ant:  {paternal}] 
  2:  relating  to  or  derived  from  one's  mother;  "maternal  genes" 
  3:  relating  to  or  characteristic  of  or  befitting  a  parent; 
  "parental  guidance"  [syn:  {parental},  {paternal}]  [ant:  {filial}] 
  4:  related  on  the  mother's  side  "my  maternal  grandmother" 
  [syn:  {enate},  {enatic},  {maternal(p)}] 




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