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parallel cousin

parallel cousin noun: the child of one's father's brother or of one's mother's sister; a cousin related via same-gender siblings rather than opposite-gender ones (the latter being a cross-cousin).

Noun

parallel cousin (plural parallel cousins)

  1. The child of one's father's brother or of one's mother's sister; a cousin related via same-gender siblings rather than opposite-gender ones (the latter being a cross-cousin).

Forms of parallel cousin

pluralparallel cousins

Questions about parallel cousin

What does parallel cousin mean?
Parallel cousin means the child of one's father's brother or of one's mother's sister; a cousin related via same-gender siblings rather than opposite-gender ones (the latter being a cross-cousin).
What part of speech is parallel cousin?
Parallel cousin is a noun.
What is the plural of parallel cousin?
The plural of parallel cousin is parallel cousins.

Words near parallel cousin in the dictionary

  1. parallel circuits
  2. parallel citation
  3. parallel citations
  4. parallel compression
  5. parallel computing
  6. parallel cousin
  7. parallel cousins
  8. parallel dead space
  9. parallel dead spaces
  10. parallel fifths
  11. parallel giant slalom

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