Definition of "sib" [sib]

• A blood relation; a relative. (noun)
• A person's relatives considered as a group; kinfolk. (noun)
• A brother or sister; a sibling. (noun)
• Anthropology A kinship group consisting of two or more lineages considered as being related, as by common descent from a mythic ancestor. (noun)
• Related by blood; kindred. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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