a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
a person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the child's natural parents but without legally adopting the child
a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop
a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained
