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Word: Fraternal
Speech Type: Adjective
late Middle English: from medieval Latin fraternalis, from Latin fraternus, from frater ‘brother’
frəˈtəːnl
of or like a brother or brothers
Short Definition:of or like brother or brothers
Examples:- his lack of fraternal feeling shocked me
(of twins) developed from separate ova and therefore genetically distinct and not necessarily of the same sex or more similar than other siblings.
Short Definition:(of twins) developed from separate ova and therefore genetically distinct and not necessarily of same sex
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