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maternal aunts

maternal aunts is the plural of maternal aunt.

Meaning of maternal aunt

Noun

maternal aunt (plural maternal aunts)

  1. A sister of one's mother.
  2. A sister-in-law of one's mother; the wife or ex-wife of a maternal uncle.
  3. (imprecise) A similar great aunt, etc.

Questions about maternal aunts

What is maternal aunts the plural of?
Maternal aunts is the plural of maternal aunt.

Words near maternal aunts in the dictionary

  1. materiomics
  2. materious
  3. Matern
  4. maternal
  5. maternal aunt
  6. maternal aunts
  7. maternal cousin
  8. maternal cousins
  9. maternal custody
  10. maternal death
  11. maternal deaths

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