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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fraternal /frəˈtəːn(ə)l/

▶adjective

1 of or like a brother or brothers.

2 of or denoting a fraternity.

3 (of twins) developed from separate ova and therefore not identical.

– derivatives
fraternalism noun,
fraternally adverb.

– origin ME: from med. L. fraternalis, from L. fraternus, from frater ‘brother’.

'fraternal' also found in these Oxford entries:

fraternity - fraternize - identical

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