| 单词 | parallel cousin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasparallel cousin parallel cousin n. Cultural Anthropology one of cousins whose parents are siblings of the same sex, an ortho-cousin; (more generally) a first cousin. ΚΠ 1923 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 53 79 Those special regulations of marriage which prescribe marital union between cross-cousins and bar one between parallel-cousins, should be investigated. 1970 E. Leach Lévi-Strauss 121 A parallel cousin..is a cousin of the type ‘mother's sister's child’ or ‘father's brother's child’. 1992 J. Silverberg & J. P. Gray Aggression & Peacefulness 202 Both cross and parallel cousins are classed with siblings (and the incest taboo forbids marriage between any of these people). < as lemmas |
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