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Dictionary Results for maternal:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
maternal
    adj 1: characteristic of a mother; "warm maternal affection for
           her guest"- Dorothy Sayers [ant: paternal]
    2: relating to or derived from one's mother; "maternal genes"
    3: relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent;
       "parental guidance" [syn: parental, maternal, paternal]
       [ant: filial]
    4: related on the mother's side; "my maternal grandmother" [syn:
       enate, enatic, maternal(p)]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Maternal \Ma*ter"nal\, a. [F. maternel, L. maternus, fr. mater
   mother. See Mother.]
   Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly;
   as, maternal love; maternal tenderness.
   [1913 Webster]

   Syn: See Motherly.
        [1913 Webster]

3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
MATERNAL. That which belongs to, or comes from the mother: as, maternal 
authority, maternal relation, maternal estate, maternal line. Vide Line. 



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