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third-degree relatives

third-degree relatives is the plural of third-degree relative.

Meaning of third-degree relative

Noun

third-degree relative (plural third-degree relatives)

  1. A blood relative who shares roughly an eighth of a person's DNA, such as a great-grandparent, first cousin, half-aunt, half-uncle, half-niece, half-nephew, or great-grandchild.

Questions about third-degree relatives

What is third-degree relatives the plural of?
Third-degree relatives is the plural of third-degree relative.

Words near third-degree relatives in the dictionary

  1. third-degree
  2. third-degree burn
  3. third-degree burns
  4. third-degree murder
  5. third-degree relative
  6. third-degree relatives
  7. third-from-last
  8. third-grader
  9. third-graders
  10. third-guarder
  11. third-guarders

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Adapted from Wiktionary: third-degree relatives (page history and authors); third-degree relative (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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