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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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She has come to visit her identical twin sister Jane, who was 66 when she was the last of Bird's victims.

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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.

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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.

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But it was at indoor bowls where Tom first got the upper hand on Ben, something he still reminds his identical twin about.

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

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