"mama bear" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-mama bear.ogg [Australia] Forms: mama bears [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mama bear (plural mama bears)
  1. (informal) A female bear currently rearing one or more cubs. Tags: informal Translations (female bear with cubs): moederbeer [masculine] (Dutch), moederberen [plural] (Dutch), berenmoeder [feminine] (Dutch), berenmoeders [plural] (Dutch), karhuemo (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-mama_bear-en-noun-p98gf7lZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 70 30 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 65 35 Disambiguation of 'female bear with cubs': 93 7
  2. (by extension, slang) A woman, especially a mother, who is extremely protective of a child or children. Tags: broadly, slang Categories (topical): Parents, People Synonyms (woman protective of a child/children): mama grizzly Translations (protective woman): helikoptermoeder [feminine] (Dutch), helikoptermoeders [plural] (Dutch), moederkloek [feminine] (Dutch), moederkloeken [plural] (Dutch), curlingmoeder [feminine] (Dutch), curlingmoeders [plural] (Dutch), hanhiemo (Finnish), mère poule [feminine] (French), Helikoptermutti [feminine] (German), curlingmamma [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-mama_bear-en-noun-O8CTpNBI Disambiguation of Parents: 39 61 Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'woman protective of a child/children': 6 94 Disambiguation of 'protective woman': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: helicopter mom, tiger mom, tiger mother, mamma bear Hypernyms: helicopter parent Derived forms: mama-bear

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