- Twin - Wikipedia
Twins can be either monozygotic ('identical'), meaning that they develop from one zygote, which splits and forms two embryos, or dizygotic ('non-identical' or 'fraternal'), meaning that each twin develops from a separate egg and each egg is fertilized by its own sperm cell [2]
- TWIN Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of TWIN is either of two offspring produced in the same pregnancy How to use twin in a sentence
- Types of Twins: Identical, Fraternal, and Other Unique Types - Healthline
In a basic twin pregnancy, two embryos go their separate ways and develop into twin babies, whether identical or fraternal Some unique sets of twins follow a different path
- Twin | Identical, Monozygotic, Dizygotic | Britannica
twin, either of two young who are simultaneously born from one mother Twinning, common in many animals, is of two biological kinds: the one-egg (monozygotic), or identical, type and the two-egg (dizygotic), or fraternal, type
- TWIN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Twin is used of two things that are the same or similar: twin engines towers (Definition of twin from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
- Understanding Twins - Psychology Today
There are different types of twins, identical and fraternal being the most common Identical, or monozygotic, twins develop from the same fertilized egg that splits into two These twins are
- twin - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
twin (third-person singular simple present twins, present participle twinning, simple past and past participle twinned) (transitive, obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide (intransitive, obsolete outside Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart
- Twin - definition of twin by The Free Dictionary
Being two or one of two identical or similar people, animals, or things: twin cities; a twin bed
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