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A (human) female who has given birth to a baby
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He had something of his mother in him.
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A human female who parents an adopted or fostered child
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A human female who donates a fertilized egg or donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone.
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A pregnant female, possibly as a shortened form of mother-to-be.
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Nutrients and oxygen obtained by the mother are conveyed to the fetus.
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A female parent of an animal.
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The lioness was a mother of four cubs.
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A female ancestor.
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A source or origin.
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The Mediterranean was mother to many cultures and languages.
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Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind. (See mother of all.)
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(when followed by a surname) A title of respect for one's mother-in-law.
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Mother Smith, meet my cousin, Doug Jones.
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Any elderly woman, especially within a particular community.
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Any person or entity which performs mothering.
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The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed.
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The female superior or head of a religious house; an abbess, etc.
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Hysterical passion; hysteria; the uterus.