foster parent, foster-parent - a person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the child's natural parents but without legally adopting the child

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Foster foster parent foster-mother foster-parent mother nervousness nursing mother			The boy did not cry out--a trait inherited from his savage sire whom long years in the jungle following the death of his foster mother, Kala the great ape, had taught that there was none to come to the succor of the fallen. The Son Of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context When I was a little balu my skin, I presume, looked very white indeed against the beautiful, black coat of Kala, my foster mother and so they called me Tarzan, the Tarmangani. Tarzan the Untamed by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context Their foster mothers may not even have had an egg in the incubator, as was the case with Sola, who had not commenced to lay, until less than a year before she became the mother of another woman's offspring. A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			fossilization fossilize fossilized fossilology Fossils Fossores Fossoria fossorial fossorial foot fossorial mammal Fossorious Fossulate Foster Foster babe foster brother foster care foster child Foster dam foster daughter Foster earth foster family foster father foster home Foster land Foster lean foster mother Foster nurse foster out foster parent foster sister foster son foster-brother foster-child foster-daughter foster-father foster-mother foster-nurse foster-parent foster-sister foster-son fosterage Fosterer fostering fosterling Fosterment Fostress Fot pound Fother Fothergilla Fotheringhay Fotive			Foster County, ND Foster County, North Dakota Foster Creek and Christina Lake Project Foster Dam foster daughter Foster earth foster family Foster Family Care Network Foster Family Home Program Foster Family-based Treatment Association Foster father Foster father Foster frame Foster Friends of North Carolina Foster Grandparent Program foster home foster home Foster home care Foster home care Foster homes Foster homes foster hope Foster Intervention/Retention Support Team Foster Kennedy Syndrome Foster Kennedy's syndrome Foster land Foster lean Foster Memorial Day foster mother Foster nurse foster out Foster parent Foster parent Foster Parent Association Foster Parent Association of Spokane Foster Parent Association of Washington State Foster Parent Home Page Foster Parent Society of Ontario Foster Parent Support Services Society Foster parents Foster parents Foster Parents Association of Queensland, Inc. foster practice foster practice foster practice foster practice Foster Regional Applied Technology Center foster sister Foster son Foster son Foster the People Foster Township Police Department Foster Tukwila Presbyterian Church Foster Wheeler Corporation Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd Foster Wheeler Italiana SpA Foster Wheeler Limited Foster Wheeler Power System

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