half blood

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  1. kinship through one parent only: sisters of the half blood
  2. half-blood

noun

  1. a person related to another through one parent only
  2. ☆ half-breed
  3. ☆ Animal Husbandry an animal with one parent of poor pedigree in contrast to that of the other

Origin: based on the obsolete notion that the blood is the medium of heredity

adjective

of or having to do with a half-blood
also half-blooded

See half blood in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also half-blood

noun
  1. a. The relationship existing between persons having only one parent in common.
    b. A person existing in such a relationship.
  2. Offensive A person of mixed racial descent, especially a person of Native American and white parentage.
  3. A half-blooded domestic animal.

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