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mother1 1. a. a female who has given birth to offspring b. (as modifier): a mother bird 2. a title given to certain members of female religious orders 3. Christian Science God as the eternal Principle mother2 a stringy slime containing various bacteria that forms on the surface of liquids undergoing acetous fermentation. It can be added to wine, cider, etc. to promote vinegar formation mother [′məthยทər] (engineering acoustics) A mold derived by electroforming from a master; used to produce the stampers from which disk records are molded in large quantities. Also known as metal positive.
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For example, female parents were more likely than women without children to see work as a constraint on their participation, whereas male parents did not feel more constrained by work than men without children. As a result, it appears that mammalian embryos need genes from both a male and female parent. |
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