dizygotic twin

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   either of two twins who developed from two separate fertilized eggs

   Synonymsfraternal twin

   Broadertwin

Questions about dizygotic twin

What does dizygotic twin mean?

dizygotic twin means "either of two twins who developed from two separate fertilized eggs".

What is another word for dizygotic twin?

Close synonyms include fraternal twin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dizygotic twin a common word?

dizygotic twin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.