HyperDic: identical_twin

English > 1 sense of the expression identical twin:
NOUNperson identical twin, monozygotic twin, monozygous twineither of two twins developed from the same fertilized ovum (having the same genetic material)
English > identical twin: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningEither of two twins developed from the same fertilized ovum (having the same genetic material).
Synonymsmonozygotic twin, monozygous twin
NarrowerSiamese twin, conjoined twinOne of a pair of identical twins born with their bodies joined at some point
BroadertwinEither of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy

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