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transmaternal

transmaternal adjective: acquired (by an offspring) by contact with the mother.

Adjective

transmaternal (not comparable)

  1. Acquired (by an offspring) by contact with the mother

Origin of transmaternal

From trans- + maternal.

Questions about transmaternal

What does transmaternal mean?
Transmaternal means acquired (by an offspring) by contact with the mother.
What part of speech is transmaternal?
Transmaternal is an adjective.

Words near transmaternal in the dictionary

  1. transmasculinities
  2. transmasculinity
  3. transmastoid
  4. transmastoidal
  5. transmat
  6. transmaternal
  7. transmats
  8. transmatted
  9. transmatting
  10. transmaxx
  11. transmaxxed

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