MONOZYGOUS TWIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does monozygous twin mean? 

• MONOZYGOUS TWIN (noun)
  The noun MONOZYGOUS TWIN has 1 sense:

1. either of two twins developed from the same fertilized ovum (having the same genetic material)

  Familiarity information: MONOZYGOUS TWIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONOZYGOUS TWIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two twins developed from the same fertilized ovum (having the same genetic material)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

identical twin; monozygotic twin; monozygous twin

Hypernyms ("monozygous twin" is a kind of...):

twin (either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monozygous twin"):

conjoined twin; Siamese twin (one of a pair of identical twins born with their bodies joined at some point)