Sibling-german

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

  sibling \sib"ling\ [sub + -ling.] (s[i^]b"l[i^]ng), n.
     a brother or a sister.
  
     Note: Siblings have at least one parent in common. Those
           related only by a common mother are {uterine siblings};
           those related only by a common father are {agnate


           siblings} or {consanguine siblings} (a legal term). A
           sibling having both parents in common is a
           {sibling-german} or a {full brother} or {full sister}.
           These modifying terms are more commonly used for the
           more specific {uterine brother}, {uterine sister},
           {agnate brother}, {brother-german}, etc.
           [PJC]