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MONOZYGOUS TWIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of two twins developed from the same fertilized ovum (having the same genetic material)
Synonyms:
identical twin; monozygotic twin; monozygous twin
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("monozygous twin" is a kind of...):
twin (either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monozygous twin"):
conjoined twin; Siamese twin (one of a pair of identical twins born with their bodies joined at some point)