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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Notaro lives near Hollywood with her wife, actor Stephanie Allynne, their 9-year-old fraternal twin boys, Max and Finn, and three cats, Fluff, Linus and Skip.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
The results were consistent across both identical and fraternal twin pairs.
From Science Daily ● May 8, 2024
For more expansive searches with a high rate of success, I also signed up for Worldpackers and its fraternal twin, Workaway.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2022
Inside, the restaurant resembled a fraternal twin of its former self.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 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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