blood relative

/bləd ˌrɛlədɪv/
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Other forms: blood relatives

Definitions of blood relative
  1. noun
    one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
    synonyms: blood relation, cognate, sib
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    type of:
    relation, relative
    a person related by blood or marriage
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