"mama bear" meaning in All languages combined

See mama bear on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-mama bear.ogg 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 Categories (topical): Parents, People Categories (lifeform): Female animals, Ursids Synonyms: helicopter mom, tiger mom, tiger mother, mamma bear Hypernyms: helicopter parent Derived forms: mama-bear 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 Disambiguation of Parents: 79 21 Disambiguation of People: 58 42 Disambiguation of Female animals: 99 1 Disambiguation of Ursids: 96 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 98 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'female bear with cubs': 99 1
  2. (by extension, slang) A woman, especially a mother, who is extremely protective of a child or children. Tags: broadly, slang 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 'woman protective of a child/children': 1 99 Disambiguation of 'protective woman': 0 100

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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