"womb-brother" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: womb-brothers [plural], womb-brethren [plural]
Etymology: From womb + brother. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|womb|brother}} womb + brother Head templates: {{en-noun|s|womb-brethren}} womb-brother (plural womb-brothers or womb-brethren)
  1. A brother uterine. Categories (topical): Male family members, Siblings Synonyms: uterine brother
    Sense id: en-womb-brother-en-noun-UXlvE81u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2012, David Gross, Lord of Stormweather: Sembia: Gateway to the Realms - Book 7",
          "text": "Only womb-brothers could look so much alike, and Thamalon had been present at Tamlin's birth.",
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          "ref": "2012, Tim Clarkson, The Picts: A History",
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          "ref": "2015, Robert J. Schreiter, Mission in the Third Millennium",
          "text": "An Anglican bishop and a Chief Imam could be womb-brothers in Africa.",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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