Adoptive parent
Adoptive parent noun - A person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child.
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Mother and adoptive parent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mother" instead a noun phrase "Adoptive parent".
Mother
Mother noun - A female human parent.
Adoptive parent and mother are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Adoptive parent" instead a noun "Mother".
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The unborn goblin basically reads the mind of whomever is near the egg: first their mother, then their "adoptive parent", absorbing knowledge and adding them to their own goblin race memories so that they are basically born full grown, mentally and physically.
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In The Tar-Aiym Krang, Flinx's adoptive parent Mother Mastiff is said to resemble the Terran canine, both in appearance and in her irascible, unfriendly personality.
Source: Science Marches On
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