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The answer MATERNAL has 39 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of maternal in various dictionaries:
adj - characteristic of a mother
adj - relating to or derived from one's mother
adj - relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent
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| relating to a mother, especially during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth. |
| Relating to or characteristic of a mother or motherhood motherly: maternal instinct. |
| Inherited from one's mother: a maternal trait. |
| Related through one's mother: my maternal uncle. |
| characteristic of a mother |
| relating to or derived from one's mother |
| relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent |
| behaving or feeling in the way that a mother does towards her child, especially in a kind, loving way: |
| related to a mother's side of the family: |
| behaving or feeling as a mother does toward her child: |
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A mother is the female parent of a child. Mothers are women who inhabit or perform the role of bearing some relation to their children, who may or may not be their biological offspring. Thus, dependent on the context, women can be considered mothers by virtue of having given birth, by raising their child(ren), supplying their ovum for fertilisation, or some combination thereof. Such conditions provide a way of delineating the concept of motherhood, or the state of being a mother. Women who meet the third and first categories usually fall under the terms 'birth mother' or 'biological mother', regardless of whether the individual in question goes on to parent their child. Accordingly, a woman who meets only the second condition may be considered an adoptive mother, and those who meet only the third a surrogacy mother. * The above concepts defining the role of mother are neither exhaustive nor universal, as any definition of 'mother' may vary based on how social, cultural, and religious rol |