MONOZYGOTIC TWIN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two twins developed from the same fertilized ovum (having the same genetic material)

Synonyms:

identical twin; monozygotic twin; monozygous twin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("monozygotic twin" is a kind of...):

twin (either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monozygotic twin"):

conjoined twin; Siamese twin (one of a pair of identical twins born with their bodies joined at some point)

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