identical twin

identical twin
noun
either of two twins developed from the same fertilized ovum (having the same genetic material)
• Hypernyms: ↑twin
• Hyponyms: ↑Siamese twin, ↑conjoined twin

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noun
: either member of a pair of twins produced from a single zygote

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one of a pair of twins who develop from a single fertilized ovum and therefore have the same genotype, are of the same sex, and usually resemble each other closely. Cf. fraternal twin.
[1885-90]

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identical twin UK US noun [countable] [singular identical twin plural identical twins] biology
one of a pair of babies that a woman gives birth to at the same time that look exactly like each other because they have developed from a single egg
Thesaurus: brothers and sistershyponym
See also: fraternal twin

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noun, pl ⋯ twins [count]
: either member of a pair of twins that are produced from a single egg and who look exactly alike — compare ↑fraternal twin

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iˌdentical ˈtwin [identical twin] (also technical monozyˌgotic ˈtwin) noun
either of two children or animals born from the same mother at the same time who have developed from a single egg. Identical twins are of the same sex and look very similar.
See also: ↑monozygotic twin

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