surrogate mother
noun
a person who acts in the place of another person's biological mother.
surrogate mothers
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pluralof surrogate mother.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Investigators believe the surrogate mothers were from around the country and they were unaware they were carrying embryos for the couple at the same time.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
They used domestic dogs as surrogate mothers to birth the three pups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2025
Schubarth and his co-conspirators illegally trafficked endangered wildlife to create cloned embryos that, given the success rate, obviously did not do very well inside their surrogate mothers.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2024
These are currently stored in liquid nitrogen at minus 196 degrees Celsius in Berlin, Germany, and Cremona, Italy, awaiting embryo transfer into southern white rhino surrogate mothers.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024
“It’s really that I can’t leave Otto, Mom. I know the surrogate mothers are great, but he’s bonded to me and it would kill him if I abandoned him.”
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
