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daugh·ter    Audio Help   [daw-ter] Pronunciation Key
–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 thygátér, Skt duhitā]

—Related forms
daugh·ter·less, adjective
daugh·ter·like, adjective
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