kin — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ close, near ▪ Marriage between close kin is prohibited. ▪ blood (esp. AmE) ▪ loyalty to blood kin ▪ exten … Collocations dictionary
Kin — can mean: * Kinship * Family * Kin, a boys name * Kin Canada, a Canadian non profit service organization. * Kin, Okinawa, a town in Okinawa, Japan * Kin (film), a 2000 UK/South Africa film directed by Elaine Proctor and starring Miranda Otto *… … Wikipedia
Kin Platt — (August 12,1911 November 30, 2003, New York City, New York) is an American writer artist best known for penning radio comedy and animated TV series, as well as children s mystery novels, for one of which he received the Mystery Writers of America … Wikipedia
KIN — could refer to:* KIN, a music group. * Kingston Railroad Station, Rhode Island, United States; Amtrak station code KIN. * Norman Manley International Airport, Kingston, Jamaica; IATA airport code KIN … Wikipedia
Kin Vassy — was a singer songwriter who in addition to his solo recordings also recorded with other artists, most notably Kenny Rogers, Frank Zappa and Elvis Presley. His full name was Charles Kindred Vassy.In the 1960s, Vassy made a name for himself as a… … Wikipedia
Kin Kletso — is a Chacoan Anasazi great house and notable archaeological site located in Chaco Canyon, a canyon in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It was a medium sized complex located 0.5 miles (0.8 m) west of Pueblo Bonito; it shows strong evidence of… … Wikipedia
kin|dred — «KIHN drihd», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. like; similar; connected: »We are studying about dew, frost, and kindred facts of nature. 2. related by birth or descent: »kindred tribes. SYNONYM(S): allied, cognate. –n … Useful english dictionary
Kin Yang-Song — (c.February 24 28, 1854 March 16, 1936) was a man who lead a small communist group called the Chosen Force. These were the original communists in Korea, who came about in the early 1920s in the South Korean city of Daegu. He was also seen as a… … Wikipedia
Group selection — In evolutionary biology, group selection refers to the idea that alleles can become fixed or spread in a population because of the benefits they bestow on groups, regardless of the alleles effect on the fitness of individuals within that group.… … Wikipedia
Kin selection — From the time of antiquity field biologists have observed that some organisms tend to exhibit strategies that favor the reproductive success of their relatives, even at a cost to their own survival and/or reproduction. The classic example is a… … Wikipedia
