siamese twin

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   one of a pair of identical twins born with their bodies joined at some point

   Synonymsconjoined twin

   Broaderidentical twin

Questions about siamese twin

What does siamese twin mean?

siamese twin means "one of a pair of identical twins born with their bodies joined at some point".

What is another word for siamese twin?

Close synonyms include conjoined 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 siamese twin a common word?

siamese 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.