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 Daugh·ter n.; pl. Daughters obs. pl. Daughtren
 1. The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; -- applied also to the lower animals.
 2. A female descendant; a woman.
    This woman, being a daughter of Abraham.   --Luke xiii. 16.
    Dinah, the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughter of the land.   --Gen. xxxiv. 1.
 3. A son's wife; a daughter-in-law.
    And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters.   --Ruth. i. 11.
 4. A term of address indicating parental interest.
    Daughter, be of good comfort.   --Matt. ix. 22.
 Daughter cell Biol., one of the cells formed by cell division. See Cell division, under Division.
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 daughter cell
      n : a cell formed by the division or budding of another cell;
          "anthrax grows by dividing into two daughter cells that
          are generally identical"