half sibling
See also: halfsibling and half-sibling
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half sibling (plural half siblings)
- A sibling sharing a single parent, as distinguished from a full sibling or sibling-german, from a step-sibling, or from a sibling-like figure such as a blood sibling.
- Hyponyms: half brother, half sister, uterine sibling
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a half sibling
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child of the same mother but a different father
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child of the same father but a different mother