adelphogamy
/ˌadɛlˈfɒɡəmi/noun
1 Anthropology. Marriage between brothers and sisters, especially between several brothers of one family and a woman, or several sisters, of another.
2 Zoology. Mating between male and female siblings (especially in ants and certain other invertebrates).
Origin
Late 19th century. From ancient Greek ἀδελϕός brother + -gamy, probably after French adelphogamie.
- beaver hat
- beaver house
- beaver lamb
- Beaver River
- Beaver State
- Beaverton
- be a wake-up
- be away
- be away laughing
- be a weight off one's mind
- be banging (or knocking) one's head against a brick wall
- be barking up the wrong tree
- be beaten at the post
- be beforehand with
- be better than a poke in the eye with a sharp (or burnt) stick
- be better than nothing
- be bitten by the —— bug
- be blown off course
- bebop
- bebopper
- be borne in on (or upon)
- be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
- be bouncing off the walls
- be brought to bed
- be browned off