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FEMALE SIBLING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does female sibling mean?
• FEMALE SIBLING (noun)
The noun FEMALE SIBLING has 1 sense:
1. a person's sister
Familiarity information: FEMALE SIBLING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person's sister
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("female sibling" is a kind of...):
kinswoman (a female relative)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "female sibling"):
sis; sister (a female person who has the same parents as another person)
Antonym:
male sibling (a sibling who is male)
Context examples
A female sibling who shares the genetic makeup inherited from only the biological mother.
(Half-sister with Mother as Common Parent, NCI Thesaurus)
A female sibling who shares the genetic makeup inherited from only the biological father.
(Half-sister with Father as Common Parent, NCI Thesaurus)
A female sibling with whom you share a single parent.
(Half Sister, NCI Thesaurus)
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