fraternal twin
Americannoun
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fraternal twins
plural
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of fraternal twin
First recorded in 1900–05
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That brings us to our guest, the 2026 Subaru Trailseeker, a fraternal twin of Toyota’s bZ Woodland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
On the opposite end of the parkway is its fraternal twin, the “rainbow” bed — a free-for-all of colorful plants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
The results were consistent across both identical and fraternal twin pairs.
From Science Daily ● May 8, 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
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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