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motherhood

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moth·er·hood  (mr-hd)
n.
1. The state of being a mother.
2. The qualities of a mother.
3. Mothers considered as a group.
motherhood
Noun
the state of being a mother
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.motherhoodmotherhood - the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
maternity
family relationship, kinship, relationship - (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
Translations

motherhood [ˈmʌðəhud] n → maternidad f
motherhood [ˈmʌðəhud] mother n → maternité f
motherhood [ˈmʌðəhud] mother n → Mutterschaft f
motherhood [ˈmʌðəhud] n → maternità


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But the Wild is the Wild, and motherhood is motherhood, at all times fiercely protective whether in the Wild or out of it; and the time was to come when the she-wolf, for her grey cub's sake, would venture the left fork, and the lair in the rocks, and the lynx's wrath.
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Even the cares of prospective motherhood had not entirely quenched the fires of carefree youth, and Teeka had remained a good-natured playmate even at an age when other shes of the tribe of Kerchak had assumed the sullen dignity of maturity.
Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
As the days and weeks pussed, Saxon was possessed by a conscious feeling of proud motherhood in her swelling breasts.
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