as in biological
being such by blood and not by adoption or marriage
felt just as close to his adopted brother as he did to his two consanguineous siblings
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Recent Examples of consanguineous
The downsides of inbreeding are to some extent intuitively understood by all, especially consanguineous relations between first order relatives.
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2013
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consanguineous
biological
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The state has argued that males have biological advantages over females, and that the law was intended to protect women’s sports.—
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McCuskey, who is leading his state's legal defense against the trans athlete after the athlete sued to block the state's law to keep biological males out of girls' sports, addressed the allegations at a news conference Monday.—
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“Consanguineous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consanguineous. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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