Consanguine

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Consanguine \Con*san"guine\, a.
     1. related by blood; descended from a common ancestor; --
        used as a term of relation between two people.
  
     Syn: akin(predicate), blood-related, cognate, consanguineous,
          kin(predicate).


          [PJC + WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. (Law) having the same father but different mothers; --
        contrasted with {{uterine[2]}} and {{german}}.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  consanguine
       adj : related by blood [syn: {akin(p)}, {blood-related}, {cognate},
              {consanguineous}, {kin(p)}]