fraternal twinnoun [ C usually plural ]
uk/frəˌtɜː.nəl ˈtwɪn//frəˌtɝː.nəl ˈtwɪn/either of two people born to the same mother at the same time who came from different eggs, may be of different sexes, and do not always look similar
Synonym
non-identical twin
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Family: relations in general
- aunt
- auntie
- baby daddy
- be sb's own flesh and blood idiom
- birth mother
- fatherhood
- filial
- first cousin
- fraternal
- grandchild
- loved one
- maiden aunt
- maternal
- matriarch
- mom-and-pop
- son
- uncle
- working mother/father/parent
- your nearest and dearest idiom
- your own flesh and blood idiom
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