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identical twin
noun
- one of a pair of twins who develop from a single fertilized ovum and therefore have the same genotype, are of the same sex, and usually resemble each other closely.
Word History and Origins
Origin of identical twin1
Example Sentences
Germany and America were never identical twins—but the family resemblance often proves eerie.
There I met a pair of busty identical twins who were hawking the most saccharine perfume I’d ever smelled.
I was wracking my brain to think of another case in show business where there are identical twins who are acting, not together as a team.
Host country Sweden is represented by identical twins Marcus & Martinus -– who, confusingly enough, hail from Norway — with the confidently titled “Unforgettable.”
Conjoined twins occur once in every 50,000 to 60,000 births when identical twins from a single embryo fail to separate.
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