The word "orthocousin" describes cousins whose related parents are of the same sex. My brother's children and mine are orthocousins since we're both male. My sister's children and mine are not. Is there a word for cousins whose related parents are of opposite sexes? I've now got an anthropologist on our campus wondering too, so for the help of our curiosity bumps, HELP! By the way, this all started with a discussion of the meaning of the prefixes ortho-, para-, and meta-.

George F. Feissner
Math. Dept.
SUNY College at Cortland
Cortland, NY 13045

George F. Feissner
Math. Dept.
SUNY College at Cortland
Cortland, NY 13045