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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One's biological mother.
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- noun The
woman whogives birth to achild (not necessarily the genetic mother)
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ry commented on the word birth mother
does this really qualify as a retronym? I can't imagine there having been a time in human history when foster or adoptive parents weren't a thing.
May 2, 2014