| maternal | relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent |
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| maternal | characteristic of a mother |
| maternal | related on the mother's side |
| maternal | relating to or derived from one's mother |
| maternal | one's native language |
| maternal | the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother |
| maternal | the attachment that forms between an infant and its mother beginning at birth |
| maternal | showing maternal instincts |
| maternal | in a maternal manner |