cross-cousin
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cross-cousin noun
- (in the plural) The relationship between two cousins or two groups of cousins whose parents are brother and sister, respectively, these parents should be of the same nuclear family.“Many societies forbid marriage between parallel cousins, but encourage marriage between cross-cousins or second cross-cousins.”
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