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kin

kin [ kin ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. family group: somebody's relatives as a group ( takes a plural verb )

2. blood relation: somebody related by blood
He's not kin but we consider him one of the family.

3. group or class: a member of a group that shares characteristics with another group
the starfish and its kin the sea urchin



adjective 
Definition:
 
related: related to somebody
I'm kin to them through my grandmother.

[ Old English cyn(n)< Indo-European]
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