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half-sib

half-sib noun: the offspring of only one of one's parents.

Noun

half-sib (plural half-sibs)

  1. The offspring of only one of one's parents.

half-sib meaning in Tamil

half-sib in Tamil

தாய்வழி இனம்

Forms of half-sib

pluralhalf-sibs

Origin of half-sib

From half- + sib.

Questions about half-sib

What does half-sib mean?
Half-sib means the offspring of only one of one's parents.
What is half-sib in Tamil?
Half-sib in Tamil is தாய்வழி இனம். See Half-sib meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is half-sib?
Half-sib is a noun.
What is the plural of half-sib?
The plural of half-sib is half-sibs.

Words near half-sib in the dictionary

  1. half-rounds
  2. half-royal
  3. half-seen
  4. half-shower
  5. half-showers
  6. half-sib
  7. half-sibling
  8. half-sibling-in-law
  9. half-siblings
  10. half-siblings-in-law
  11. half-sibs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: half-sib (page history and authors); half-sib (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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