- Dizygotic twin
- A twins who have shared a common uterine environment with its twin but is due to a different fertilized ovum. Dizygotic twins are also called fraternal twins.
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Dizygotic twin
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fraternal twin — noun either of two twins who developed from two separate fertilized eggs • Syn: ↑dizygotic twin • Hypernyms: ↑twin * * * one of a pair of twins, not necessarily resembling each other, or of the same sex, that develop from two separately… … Useful english dictionary
identical twin — noun either of two twins developed from the same fertilized ovum (having the same genetic material) • Syn: ↑monozygotic twin, ↑monozygous twin • Hypernyms: ↑twin • Hyponyms: ↑Siamese twin, ↑conjoined twin * … Useful english dictionary
