grandmaternal
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grandmaternal — adj. of or pertaining to a grandmother, characteristic of a grandmother … English contemporary dictionary
grandmaternal — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : grandmotherly … Useful english dictionary
heredity — /heuh red i tee/, n., pl. heredities. Biol. 1. the transmission of genetic characters from parents to offspring: it is dependent upon the segregation and recombination of genes during meiosis and fertilization and results in the genesis of a new… … Universalium
Glam-mas — Hands off grandmothers reluctant to care for their grandchildren. Reporting on an apparent deficit in grandmaternal doting, Joanne Kaufman wrote in The New York Times: Thoroughly modern grandmothers, so called glam mas, “feel they’ve put in their … Dictionary of unconsidered lexicographical trifles
