maternal   (Sound)

The adj maternal has 4 senses

• maternal -- (characteristic of a mother; "warm maternal affection for her guest"- Dorothy Sayers)


• maternal -- (relating to or derived from one's mother; "maternal genes")


• parental, maternal, paternal -- (relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent; "parental guidance")


• enate, enatic, maternal -- (related on the mother's side; "my maternal grandmother")