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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
She has come to visit her identical twin sister Jane, who was 66 when she was the last of Bird's victims.
Iwai, who played alongside her identical twin sister, Chisato, on Saturday, curved a last-chance shot from behind a tree to try and cut into the lead to set up her birdie putt.
In fact, he’s sure whatever is waiting at the end of his 140-mile trip between his little cave and the Cambridge home Lucy shares with her husband, John’s identical twin James, won’t be pleasant.
But it was at indoor bowls where Tom first got the upper hand on Ben, something he still reminds his identical twin about.
Germany and America were never identical twins—but the family resemblance often proves eerie.
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