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Sib

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Noun

1. sib, sibling

a person's brother or sister

2. blood relation, blood relative, cognate, sib

one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sib

see synonyms of sib
noun
1. 
a blood relative
2. 
a brother or sister; sibling
3. 
kinsmen collectively; kindred
4. 
any social unit that is bonded by kinship through one line of descent only
abbreviation for (in Britain)
(the former) Securities and Investments Board

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Sib

see synonyms of sib
noun
1. 
blood relatives; kin
2. 
a blood relative; kinsman or kinswoman; esp., a brother or sister
3.  Anthropology
a group of persons tracing their descent unilineally from a traditional or actual common ancestor
4.  Zoology
any of the offspring of the same parents in relation to one another
adjective
5. 
related by blood; akin

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sib

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abbr.
1. Siberia
2. Siberian
n.
1.
a. A blood relation; a relative.
b. A person's relatives considered as a group; kinfolk.
2. A brother or sister; a sibling.
3. Anthropology A kinship group consisting of two or more lineages considered as being related, as by common descent from a mythic ancestor.
adj.
Related by blood; kindred.

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