Definitions
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- noun One of two
siblings produced from the splitting of a singlezygote .
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- noun either of two twins developed from the same fertilized ovum (having the same genetic material)
Etymologies
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identical ("indistinguishable") + twin ("sibling with whom one has shared the uterus of the mother")
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