Meanings (ES + gloss)
maternal • materno
Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother; motherly.
His weakness seemed to bring out her maternal instincts.
Thus lonely left, no soft maternal breast / His murmurs soothed, or cradled him to rest; / Moist with delight, no maternal eye / Watched his weak limbs their early efforts try, [..…
maternal • materno
Related through the mother, or her side of the family.
Doctor [Alexander] MacWhorter was of Scotch extraction. His maternal ancestors were among the first emigrants from Scotland to the North of Ireland; and the family of his father re…
Toby is my maternal uncle.
Phrases
allomaternalantimaternalbimaternaldirect maternal deathfeto-maternalfetomaternalfoetomaternalgrandmaternalindirect maternal deathmaternal auntmaternal cousinmaternal custodymaternal deathmaternal effectmaternal grandchildmaternal grandfathermaternal grandmothermaternal half auntmaternal half-unclematernal impressionmaternal orphanmaternal unclematernal wallmaternalisationmaternalismmaternalistmaternalisticmaternalizationmaternalizematernallymaternalnessnonmaternalprematernaltransmaternalultramaternalunmaternal
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