blood relation
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blood relation
n.
A person who is related to another by birth rather than by marriage.
blood relationship n.
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blood relation
orblood relative
n
(Genetics) a person related to another by birth, as distinct from one related by marriage
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blood′ rela′tion
n.
a person related by birth rather than by marriage.
Also called blood′ rel′ative.[1700–10]
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Noun | 1. | blood relation - one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another |
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blood relation
n → consanguineo/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995