ma·ter·nal 
(mə-tûrnəl)
(mə-tûrnəl)adj.
1. Relating to or characteristic of a mother or motherhood; motherly: maternal instinct.
2. Inherited from one's mother: a maternal trait.
3. Related through one's mother: my maternal uncle.
[Middle English, from Old French maternel, from Medieval Latin māternālis, from Latin māternus, from māter, mother; see māter- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
ma·ternal·ism n.
ma·ternal·ly adv.
- Chicano
- chicharrones
- Chichester
- chichi
- Chichén Itzá
- chick
- "Chick."
- chickadee
- Chickamauga
- chickaree
- Chickasaw
- Chickasawhay River
- chicken
- chicken breast
- chicken-breasted
- chicken feed
- chicken-fried
- chicken guinea disease
- chicken hawk
- chicken-hearted
- chickenheartedness
- chicken Kiev
- Chicken Little
- chicken-livered
- chickenpox