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blood relation, relative n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics) a person related to another by birth, as distinct from one related by marriage ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations blood relation n → consanguineo/a blood relation n → consanguineo/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It is melancholy to acknowledge it of the blood relation of a "stroke oar," but it must be owned, in the interests of truth, that Julius cultivated his intelligence. I am not her blood relation, you know--I am merely the General's step-daughter. The two girls, on whom, kneeling down on the wet ground, and looking through the low, latticed window of Moor House kitchen, I had gazed with so bitter a mixture of interest and despair, were my near kinswomen; and the young and stately gentleman who had found me almost dying at his threshold was my blood relation. |
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