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   Kin

   /kin/

   

   noun

   • 1. one's family and relations: "he is expected to make a payment to his wife's kin"
   • ▪ animals or plants that are related to a particular species or kind: "dolphins, whales, and their kin"

   adjective

   • 1. related: "he was kin to the brothers"

   Word Origin Old Englishcynn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kunne, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘give birth to’, shared by Greek genos and Latin genus ‘race’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. kinless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • K

     5

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

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