GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 2 definitions

  1.       
    sibling [sub + -ling.] (sĭbˈlĭng), n. a brother or a sister. Siblings have at least one parent in common.  Those related only by a common mother are uterine siblings; those related only by a common father are agnate siblings or consanguine siblings (a legal term).  A sibling having both parents in common is a sibling-german or a full brother or full sister.  These modifying terms are more commonly used for the more specific uterine brother, uterine sister, agnate brother, brother-german, etc.

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  2.       
    sibling (sĭbˈlĭng), a. of or pertaining to a sibling, n.; as, “sibling rivalry: the common rivalry between siblings.”

    [PJC]