"cross-sibling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cross-siblings [plural]
Etymology: From cross- + sibling. Etymology templates: {{af|en|cross-|sibling}} cross- + sibling Head templates: {{en-noun}} cross-sibling (plural cross-siblings)
  1. (anthropology) An opposite-sex sibling or parallel cousin.
    Sense id: en-cross-sibling-en-noun-V~8IKHpP Categories (other): Anthropology, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with cross-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Siblings Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cross-: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 26 Disambiguation of Siblings: 66 34 Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences
  2. (neologism) The half-sibling of one's half-sibling; a person with whom one shares a half-sibling, but no parents. Tags: neologism
    Sense id: en-cross-sibling-en-noun-3M8VP8mF Categories (other): English neologisms
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cross-cousin

Inflected forms

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