[daugh.ter] n [ME, doughter, fr. OE dohtor; akin to OHG tohter daughter, Gk thygater] (bef. 12c) 1 a (1): a human female having the relation of child to parent (2): a female offspring of a lower animal b: a human female having a specified ancestor or belonging to a group of common ancestry
2: something considered as a daughter "the United States is a ~ of Great Britain"
3: an atomic species that is the product of the radioactive decay of a given element -- daugh.ter.less adj
[2]daughter adj (1614) 1: having the characteristics or relationship of a daughter
2: belonging to the first generation of offspring, organelles, or molecules produced by reproduction, division, or replication "~ cell" "~ DNA molecules"