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sibship /sib·ship/ (-ship)

1. relationship by blood.

2. a group of persons all descended from a common ancestor.

3. a group of siblings.

sib·ship (s

)

The children produced by one pair of parents.

sibship

[sib′ship]

Etymology: AS sibb, kin, scieppan, to shape

1 the state of being related by blood.

2 a group of people descended from a common ancestor who are used as a basis for genetic studies.

3 brothers and sisters considered as a group.

sibship [sib´ship]

a group of individuals born of the same parents.

sibship

a group of animals born of the same parents.

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