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daughterless

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daugh⋅ter

  [daw-ter]
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–noun
1. a female child or person in relation to her parents.
2. any female descendant.
3. a person related as if by the ties binding daughter to parent: daughter of the church.
4. anything personified as female and considered with respect to its origin: The United States is the daughter of the 13 colonies.
5. Chemistry, Physics. an isotope formed by radioactive decay of another isotope.
–adjective
6. Biology. pertaining to a cell or other structure arising from division or replication: daughter cell; daughter DNA.
Origin:
bef. 950; ME doughter, OE dohtor; c. G Tochter, Gk thygátēr, Skt duhitā

Related forms:
daugh⋅ter⋅less, adjective
daugh⋅ter⋅like, adjective
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Main Entry: 2daughter
Function: adjective
1 : having the characteristics or relationship of a daughter
2 : belonging to the firstgeneration of offspring, organelles, or molecules produced by reproduction, division, or replication <daughter cell> <daughter chromosomes> <daughter DNAmolecules>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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