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a⋅vun⋅cu⋅late

  [uh-vuhng-kyuh-lit, -leyt]
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–noun Anthropology.
a close social relationship between a maternal uncle and his nephew.
Origin:
1915–20; < L avuncul(us) uncle (see avuncular ) + -ate 3
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