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
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 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 Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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