- adjective
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- of or like a mother [Barron]
More word meanings for maternal
from leading online dictionaries:
- Wiktionary:
- maternal @ wiktionary
- WordNet:
- maternal @ wordnet.princeton.edu
- Merriam-Webster Online:
- maternal @ M-W.com
- MSN Encarta:
- maternal @ Encarta
- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
- maternal @ AHD provided by Yahoo! Education
- Answers.com:
- maternal @ Answers.com
- Search for more definitions on Google:
- Google define:maternal
- Search for more definitions on Yahoo!:
- Yahoo! define:maternal
- Search for more definitions on Ask.com:
- Ask.com dictionary: maternal