fraternal twin
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of fraternal twin
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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The results were consistent across both identical and fraternal twin pairs.
From Science Daily ● May 8, 2024
Urango is survived by his mother, Lisa; father, Joseph; younger brother, Noah; and fraternal twin brother, Marcus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
Alok and his fraternal twin brother, Bhaskar who’s also a professional DJ and producer, learned how to spin records as children.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2023
Father Pavlo, an Orthodox priest, conducted the baptism for Nikol and her fraternal twin, Daniel — just in case the operation was not successful, Tkachuk said.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022
Not the shy girl with the tangled black hair in her face, but instead her fraternal twin brother.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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