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uterine nephews

uterine nephews is the plural of uterine nephew.

Meaning of uterine nephew

Noun

uterine nephew (plural uterine nephews)

  1. The son of one's sister.
    • In Dobu, the mother's brother is held to be the harshest of all the relatives. “The motherʼs brother may beat children long after their parents have ceased to do so,” and they are forbidden to utter his name. There is a tender relationship with the “navel,” the motherʼs sisterʼs husband, who is the...1963, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Structural Anthropology, New York: Basic Books, page 44

Questions about uterine nephews

What is uterine nephews the plural of?
Uterine nephews is the plural of uterine nephew.

Words near uterine nephews in the dictionary

  1. uterine gland
  2. uterine horn
  3. uterine inertia
  4. uterine isthmus
  5. uterine nephew
  6. uterine nephews
  7. uterine tube
  8. uterine tubes
  9. uterines
  10. uteritis
  11. utero-

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