"1980: But she got up to go, and Domenico obeyed me too in mock meekness, making himself sib and coeval to Hortense, submissive to frowning elder brother, something incestuous in it. -- Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers"
(n) :kindred, relatives; kinsman, blood relation; sibling, brother or sister (irrespective of gender); in biology extended to any group of animals or plants sharing a corresponding genetic relation
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"1980: But she got up to go, and Domenico obeyed me too in mock meekness, making himself sib and coeval to Hortense, submissive to frowning elder brother, something incestuous in it. -- Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers"
(n) :kindred, relatives; kinsman, blood relation; sibling, brother or sister (irrespective of gender); in biology extended to any group of animals or plants sharing a corresponding genetic relation