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A daughter is a female
Female

Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces mobile ovum . The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon, is produced by the male....
 offspring; a girl
Girl

A girl is any female human from birth through childhood and adolescence to attainment of adulthood. The term may also be used to mean a young woman....
, woman
Woman

File:Duval La Naissance de Venus.jpgA woman is a female human. The term woman is usually reserved for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent....
, or female animal in relation to her parent
Parent

A parent is a mother or father; one who sexual reproduction or gives birth to and/or nurtures and raises an offspring. The different roles of parents vary throughout the tree of life, and are especially complex in human culture....
s. The male equivalent is a son
Son

A son is a male reproduction; a boy, man, or male animal in relation to either or both of his parents. The female equivalent is a daughter....
. Analogously the name is used on several areas to show relations between groups or elements.

ughter is the female offspring of the animal.

ughter plant is an offspring grown sex out of a part of the plant, for example out of a leaf.

term daughter is also sometimes used to refer to offspring in the case of genderless species or cell division
Cell division

Cell division is a process by which a cell , called the parent cell, divides into two or more cells, called daughter cells. Cell division is usually a small segment of a larger cell cycle....
, where the parent is referred to as mother
Mother

A mother is a biological and/or Maternal bond female parent of an offspring. Because of the complexity and differences of the social, cultural, and religious definitions and roles, it is challenging to define a mother in a universally accepted definition....
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A daughter is a female
Female

Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces mobile ovum . The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon, is produced by the male....
 offspring; a girl
Girl

A girl is any female human from birth through childhood and adolescence to attainment of adulthood. The term may also be used to mean a young woman....
, woman
Woman

File:Duval La Naissance de Venus.jpgA woman is a female human. The term woman is usually reserved for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent....
, or female animal in relation to her parent
Parent

A parent is a mother or father; one who sexual reproduction or gives birth to and/or nurtures and raises an offspring. The different roles of parents vary throughout the tree of life, and are especially complex in human culture....
s. The male equivalent is a son
Son

A son is a male reproduction; a boy, man, or male animal in relation to either or both of his parents. The female equivalent is a daughter....
. Analogously the name is used on several areas to show relations between groups or elements.

Animals

A daughter is the female offspring of the animal.

Plants

A daughter plant is an offspring grown sex out of a part of the plant, for example out of a leaf.

Genderless species

The term daughter is also sometimes used to refer to offspring in the case of genderless species or cell division
Cell division

Cell division is a process by which a cell , called the parent cell, divides into two or more cells, called daughter cells. Cell division is usually a small segment of a larger cell cycle....
, where the parent is referred to as mother
Mother

A mother is a biological and/or Maternal bond female parent of an offspring. Because of the complexity and differences of the social, cultural, and religious definitions and roles, it is challenging to define a mother in a universally accepted definition....
. It can also refer to something personified in relation to its source, as in Truth is the daughter of Time, or to the terms mother ship and daughter ship.

General relationship

The term can also refer to the subordinate in any relationship where the superior entity is referred to as mother, for example, a daughter ship. It may depend on time relations or on structure relations.