allomother
noun/ˈæləˌmʌðə(ɹ)/UK/ˈæləˌmʌðɚ/US
Etymology
Definitions
A human or other creature that provides some maternal care for the young born of another.
- Within hours of birth, baby langurs are spirited away from their mothers. They spend up to 50 percent of daylight hours passed from allomother to allomother
- Among the !Kung foragers of the Kalahari, babies are held by a father, grandmother, older sibling or some other allomother maybe 25 percent of the time.
To provide maternal care for another creature's young.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for allomother. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA