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maternal

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maternal [mə′tərnĀ·əl]
(biology)
Of, pertaining to, or related to a mother.


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Came likewise the scene, after Joe had departed, when the maternal feelings of Mrs.
I have been called an unkind mother, but it was the sacred impulse of maternal affection, it was the advantage of my daughter that led me on; and if that daughter were not the greatest simpleton on earth, I might have been rewarded for my exertions as I ought.
His father was a High Chief, a King; his uncle a High Priest; and on the maternal side he boasted aunts who were the wives of unconquerable warriors.
 
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