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consanguineous

 
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con·san·guin·e·ous

(kŏn'săn-gwĭn'ē-əs, -săng-) pronunciation also con·san·guine (kŏn-săng'gwĭn, kən-)
adj.
Of the same lineage or origin; having a common ancestor.

[From Latin cōnsanguineus : com-, com- + sanguineus, of blood; see sanguine.]

consanguineously con'san·guin'e·ous·ly adv.

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adjective

    Connected by or as if by kinship or common origin: agnate, akin, allied, cognate, connate, connatural, consanguine, kindred, related. See kin.

(kŏn'săn-gwĭn'ē-əs, -săng-)
adj.

Exhibiting consanguinity.

 
 

 

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