dizygous

1. 1.

   derived from two separately fertilized eggs

   “dizygotic twins”

   Synonymsdizygotic

Questions about dizygous

What does dizygous mean?

dizygous means "derived from two separately fertilized eggs".

How many syllables are in dizygous?

dizygous has 3 syllables: di-zy-gous. The stress falls on "di".

What is another word for dizygous?

Close synonyms include dizygotic. 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 dizygous a common word?

dizygous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.