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biosibling

biosibling noun: a biological sibling.

Noun

biosibling (plural biosiblings)

  1. A biological sibling.
    • The child may also experience divided loyalties between his natural siblings and stepsiblings, particularly where a stepsibling is close in age and becomes a buddy to the child, thereby usurping the exclusive role his biosibling may formerly have had.1981, Helen Crohn, Holly Brown, Libby Walker, Joan Beir, “Understanding and Treating the Child in the Remarried Family”, in Irving R. Stuart, Lawrence Edwin Abt, editors, Children of Separation and...
    • A typical minor or grown stepchild may[…]have biosiblings, stepsiblings, and/or half-siblings in the same home, in their other bioparent’s home, in both homes, or neither.2001, Peter K. Gerlach, “Stepfamily Realities”, in Build a High-nurturance Stepfamily: A Guidebook for Co-parents (Stepfamily inFormation Series; Divorce-Prevention Series; volume 4), Xlibris, →ISBN...

Synonyms of biosibling

Forms of biosibling

pluralbiosiblings

Origin of biosibling

From bio- + sibling.

Questions about biosibling

What does biosibling mean?
Biosibling means a biological sibling.
What part of speech is biosibling?
Biosibling is a noun.
What is the plural of biosibling?
The plural of biosibling is biosiblings.

Words near biosibling in the dictionary

  1. biosestons
  2. biosex
  3. bioship
  4. bioships
  5. biosib
  6. biosibling
  7. biosiblings
  8. biosibs
  9. bioside
  10. biosides
  11. biosign

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