Maternal
111maternal — Having to do with or coming from the mother …
112Maternal effect — …
113maternal histotrophe — histotrophe (ovarian or uterine milk, a secretion produced by teleost livebearers for absorptive feeding during fish ontogeny) …
114maternal zooid — (BRYOZOA: Gymnolaemata) An autozooid that extrudes eggs …
115maternal antibody — Any antibody transferred from a mammalian mother transplacentally into the foetus. See IgG …
116maternal-effect gene — Gene, usually required for early embryonic development, whose product is secreted into the egg by the mother. The phenotype is thus determined by the mother s, rather than the egg s, genotype, cf. zygotic effect gene. See also egg polarity gene …
117maternal custody — noun An arrangement whereby only the mother has physical and legal custody of a child while the father has visitation rights. See Also: joint custody, paternal custody, sole custody …
118maternal cousin — noun a) A child of ones mothers sibling b) A more distant relative of ones mother who is not a direct ancestor See Also: paternal cousin …
119maternal aunt — noun The sister or sister in law of ones mother …
120maternal filicide — noun A filicide committed by a woman, as opposed to paternal filicide …