Fraternal
81fraternal — adj. 1 of a brother or brothers. 2 suitable to a brother; brotherly. 3 (of twins) developed from separate ova and not necessarily closely similar. 4 US of or concerning a fraternity (see FRATERNITY 3). Derivatives: fraternalism n. fraternally adv …
82fraternal organizations — ➡ Freemasonry * * * …
83fraternal society — a club or other association, usually of men, having a limited membership and devoted to professional, religious, charitable, or social activities. * * * …
84fraternal twin — one of a pair of twins, not necessarily resembling each other, or of the same sex, that develop from two separately fertilized ova. Cf. identical twin. [1900 05] * * * …
85fraternal birth-order effect — noun The proposition that a man with older brothers is more likely to be homosexual than a man without older brothers …
86fraternal niece — noun The daughter of ones brother …
87fraternal nephew — noun The son of ones brother …
88fraternal birth order — noun a supposed correlation between the number of older brothers that a man has, and his likelihood of being homosexual …
89fraternal twins — see twins …
90fraternal twin — fra,ternal twin noun count an ordinary TWIN born at the same time as another baby from two different eggs. Two babies born from a single egg look a lot like each other and are called identical twins …