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/ˈsɪb.lɪŋ/ · noun
A person who shares a parent; one's brother or sister who one shares a parent with..
None of my siblings are married yet.
D. simulans, D. mauritiana and D. sechellia (which we will call “the siblings” when we do not need to distinguish among them) have homosequential polytene chromosome banding patterns differing from those of D. melanogaster by one long inversion on chromosome arm 3R and a few much smaller inversions.
Bush suggested that this difference might represent a case of chromosomal polymorphism or, more likely, sibling species.
Use sibling when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sibling means A person who shares a parent; one's brother or sister who one shares a parent with..
Common synonyms include sib.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
None of my siblings are married yet.
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