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consanguineous definition

con·san·guin·eous (kän′saŋ gwin′ē əs, -san-)

adjective

having the same ancestor; closely related
also consanguine con·san′·guine (-saŋ′gwin)

Etymology: L consanguineus, of the same blood: see com- & sanguine

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