mismothering
/(ˌ)mɪsˈmʌð(ə)rɪŋ/Agriculture (originally NZ )
noun
The mistaken attachment of a lamb to a ewe that is not its own mother.
Origin
1920s. From mis- + mothering.
- multi-jet
- multijointed
- multijugate
- multi-keyboard
- multi-kilo
- multilamellar
- multilamellate
- multilamellated
- multilaminar
- multilaminate
- multilaminated
- multi-lane
- multilanguage
- multilateral
- multilateralisation
- multilateralise
- multilateralism
- multilateralist
- multilateralization
- multilateralize
- multilaterally
- multilayer
- multilayered
- multilayeredness
- multilayering