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FRATERNAL TWIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fraternal twin mean?
• FRATERNAL TWIN (noun)
The noun FRATERNAL TWIN has 1 sense:
1. either of two twins who developed from two separate fertilized eggs
Familiarity information: FRATERNAL TWIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of two twins who developed from two separate fertilized eggs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
dizygotic twin; fraternal twin
Hypernyms ("fraternal twin" is a kind of...):
twin (either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy)
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