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/ˈæləˌmʌðə(ɹ)/ · noun
(zoology) A human or other creature that provides some maternal care for the young born of another..
Within hours of birth, baby langurs are spirited away from their mothers. They spend up to 50 percent of daylight hours passed from allomother to allomother
Among the !Kung foragers of the Kalahari, babies are held by a father, grandmother, older sibling or some other allomother maybe 25 percent of the time.
Use allomother when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Allomother means (zoology) A human or other creature that provides some maternal care for the young born of another..
Common synonyms include othermother.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Within hours of birth, baby langurs are spirited away from their mothers. They spend up to 50 percent of daylight hours passed from allomother to allomother
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