Within hours of birth, baby langurs are spirited away from their mothers. They spend up to 50 percent of daylight hours passed from allomother to allomother
Source: wiktionary
Allomother
//ˈæləˌmʌðɚ//
Synonyms for "allomother" (2 found)
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3 translations across 3 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- sijaisäiti noun (one that provides maternal care)
Portuguese
1 entries- alomãe noun (one that provides maternal care)
Russian
1 entries- са́мка-помо́щница noun (one that provides maternal care)
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Among the !Kung foragers of the Kalahari, babies are held by a father, grandmother, older sibling or some other allomother maybe 25 percent of the time.
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