daughter : Idioms & Phrases

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Daughter cell

  • noun a cell formed by the division or budding of another cell
    • anthrax grows by dividing into two daughter cells that are generally identical
WordNet
  • (Biol.), one of the cells formed by cell division. See Cell division, under Division.
Webster 1913

daughter-in-law

  • noun the wife of your son
WordNet
Daugh"ter-in-law` noun
Wordforms
plural Daughters-in-law
Definitions
  1. The wife of one's son.
Webster 1913

foster daughter

  • noun someone who is raised as a daughter although not related by birth
    foster daughter.
WordNet

foster-daughter

  • noun someone who is raised as a daughter although not related by birth
    foster daughter.
WordNet

Gunner's daughter

  • the gun to which men or boys were lashed for punishment. Sailor's slang
Webster 1913

mother's daughter

  • noun a daughter who is favored by and similar to her mother
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Scavenger's daughter

  • corrupt. of Skevington's daughter, an instrument of torture invented by Sir W. Skevington, which so compressed the body as to force the blood to flow from nostrils. and sometimes from the hands and feet.
Webster 1913