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Feb 11, 2012
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me•tro•nym•ic



Pronunciation: (mē"tru-nim'ik, me"-), [key]
—adj.
derived from the name of a mother or other female ancestor.

—n.
a metronymic name. Also,matronymic.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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