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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(anthropology) The child of one's father's sister or of one's mother's brother; a cousin related via opposite-gender siblings rather than same-gender ones (the latter being a parallel cousin)..
Many societies forbid marriage between parallel cousins, but encourage marriage between cross-cousins or second cross-cousins.
Use cross-cousin when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cross-cousin means (anthropology) The child of one's father's sister or of one's mother's brother; a cousin related via opposite-gender siblings rather than same-gender ones (the latter being a parallel cousin)..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Many societies forbid marriage between parallel cousins, but encourage marriage between cross-cousins or second cross-cousins.
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