MATERNAL
\mətˈɜːnə͡l], \mətˈɜːnəl], \m_ə_t_ˈɜː_n_əl]\
Definitions of MATERNAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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related on the mother's side; "my maternal grandmother"
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characteristic of a mother; "warm maternal affection for her guest"- Dorothy Sayers
By Princeton University
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related on the mother's side; "my maternal grandmother"
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characteristic of a mother; "warm maternal affection for her guest"- Dorothy Sayers
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness.
By Oddity Software
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Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness.
By Noah Webster.
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Motherly; derived from a mother; peculiar to motherhood; coming through the relationship of one's mother.
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Maternally.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
