monozygous twin

Questions about monozygous twin

What is another word for monozygous twin?

It depends which monozygous twin you mean. In the sense “either of two twins developed from the same fertilized ovum (having the same genetic material)”, the synonyms are identical twin, monozygotic twin. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of monozygous twin?

WordNet records no antonym for monozygous twin. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for monozygous twin come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of monozygous twin

• Full entry for monozygous twinAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for monozygous twinWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.