SIB
WordNet
noun
(1) One related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
(2) A person's brother or sister
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From , itself from sibb 'kinship'; akin to sippa and Latin suus
Adjective
- related, by birth or descent; similar to
- 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:
- But she got up to go, and Domenico obeyed me too in mock meekness, making himself sib and coeval to Hortense, submissive to frowning elder brother, something incestuous in it.
- 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:
Noun
- Kindred, (blood) relatives
- A kinsman, blood relation.
- A sibling, brother or sister (irrespective of gender)
- Any group of animals or plants sharing a corresponding genetic relation
- A group of individuals unilaterally descended from a single (real or postulated) common ancestor