dam (2)EnglishOxford Dictionary of Englishdam2 /dam / ▸ noun the female parent of an animal, especially a domestic mammal: one version is inherited from the dog's sire and one from its dam his dam was a pinto mare. – ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a human mother): alteration of dame.
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