— daughterless , adj. — daughterlike , adj.
/daw"teuhr/ , n.
1. a female child or person in relation to her parents.
2. any female descendant.
3. a person related as if by the ties binding daughter to parent: daughter of the church.
4. anything personified as female and considered with respect to its origin: The United States is the daughter of the 13 colonies.
5. Chem. , Physics. an isotope formed by radioactive decay of another isotope.
adj.
6. Biol. pertaining to a cell or other structure arising from division or replication: daughter cell; daughter DNA.
[ bef. 950; ME doughter, OE dohtor; c. G Tochter, Gk thygáter, Skt duhita ]