enate

  1. Noun.  A relative whose relation is traced only through female members of the family.
  2. Noun.  Any maternal female relative.
  3. Adjective.  Related to someone by female connections or on the maternal side of the family.
  4. Adjective.  (linguistics) Having identical grammatical structure (but with elements that are semantically different).

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