fraternal twin

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   either of two twins who developed from two separate fertilized eggs

   Synonymsdizygotic twin

   Broadertwin

Questions about fraternal twin

What does fraternal twin mean?

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

What is another word for fraternal twin?

Close synonyms include dizygotic 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 fraternal twin a common word?

fraternal 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.