A female parent of a chick or chicks.

plural of mother bomb

(military) A munition that scatters bomblets across a wide area.

A live dough used as the source of starter dough, containing live (traditionally, environmentally derived) yeast and ground grains, for making sourdough, that is kept, fed and watered, and used in perpetuity in a traditional bakery or by traditional bakers.

plural of mother dough

(Christianity) The Virgin Mary, the mother of Christ.

A woman who founded (established or started) something.

plural of founding mother

plural of mother wit

plural of Mother Theresa