binuclear family
noun
a social unit composed of an extended family, usually the children and subsequent spouses of divorced parents.
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Nearby words
binoxalate, bins, binswanger's disease, bint, binturong, binuclear family, binucleate, binucleolate, binyon, bio, bio-
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