What does womb-brother mean?
Womb-brother means A brother uterine..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A brother uterine..
Only womb-brothers could look so much alike, and Thamalon had been present at Tamlin's birth.
Father to son inheritance is a key feature of patrilineal succession but is often absent from matrilineal systems where a man is normally succeeded by the son of his sister or by his own womb-brother.
An Anglican bishop and a Chief Imam could be womb-brothers in Africa.
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Womb-brother means A brother uterine..
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Only womb-brothers could look so much alike, and Thamalon had been present at Tamlin's birth.
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