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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The emotional bond between a mother and her offspring.

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  • noun the emotional bond between a mother and her offspring

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After The Silver Cord, a play by Sidney Coe Howard.]

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