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Parallel cousin

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cross-cousinnoun(anthropology) The child of one's father's sister or of one's mother's brother; a cousin related via opposite-gender siblings rather than same-gender ones (the latter being a parallel cousin).
cousinnoun(specifically) When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.
cross cousinnounThe child of a maternal uncle or of a paternal aunt.
first cousinnounA child of a parent's sibling; a nephew or niece of a parent; a child of one's uncle or aunt.
paternal cousinnounA child of one's father's sibling
half cousinnounThe son or daughter of one's half-uncle or half-aunt. A relative with one common grandparent.
half-cousinnounThe child of one's parent's half-sibling.
maternal cousinnounA child of one's mother's sibling
second cousinnounA relative who has with the other person only two great-grandparents in common, but where the parents and grandparents are different.
double cousinnounA cousin who is related on both sides of a family. A relative with four common grandparents.
half-first cousinnounThe offspring of a parent's half-sibling.
cousin-brothernounAlternative spelling of cousin brother. [(South Asia) A male first cousin.]
cousin-sisternounAlternative spelling of cousin sister. [(South Asia) A female first cousin.]
cousinrynounCollectively, someone's cousins
cousin-in-lawnounHusband or wife of one's cousin.
cousinhoodnounThe state or quality of being a cousin.
cousin-unclenounMale first cousin of one's parent; one's male first cousin once removed in a higher generation.
sesquiple cousin
cousin-auntnounFemale first cousin of one's parent; one's female first cousin once removed in a higher generation.
third cousinnounA grandchild of one's grandparent's first cousin.

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