three-quarter sibling

English

Alternative forms

• 3/4 sibling

Noun

three-quarter sibling (plural three-quarter siblings)

1. A sibling with whom one shares about 37.5% of one's genes, as opposed to 25% for half-siblings and 50% for full siblings.
   1. (horse breeding) The offspring of a horse's sire/dam that is by/out of a sibling of its other parent.
   2. (horse breeding) The offspring of a horse's dam and a son of its sire.
   3. (horse breeding) The offspring of a horse's sire and a daughter of its dam.

Quotations

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Hyponyms

• three-quarter brother
• three-quarter sister