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matronymic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun matronymic has 1 sense
- matronymic(n = noun.communication) metronymic - a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor; Array is a kind of name
CIDE DICTIONARY
matronymic, n. [L. mater mother + -nymic, as in patronimic.].
See Metronymic. [1913 Webster]
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