birth parentnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbɜːθ ˌpeə.rənt/us/ˈbɝːθ ˌper.ənt/the woman who gave birth to a child or the man who helped to conceive a child (= cause a baby to begin to form), although she or he may not now be the child's legal parent
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Family: relations in general
- aunt
- auntie
- baby daddy
- be sb's own flesh and blood idiom
- birth mother
- filial
- first cousin
- fraternal
- fraternal twin
- grandchild
- loved one
- maiden aunt
- maternal
- matriarch
- mom-and-pop
- son
- uncle
- working mother/father/parent
- your nearest and dearest idiom
- your own flesh and blood idiom
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