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identical twin

noun

  1. 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.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of identical twin1

First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences

Germany and America were never identical twins—but the family resemblance often proves eerie.

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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.

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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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