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sibship
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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 (sbshp)
n.
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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