non-identical twinnoun [ C usually plural ]
uk/ˌnɒn.aɪ.den.tɪ.kəl ˈtwɪn//ˌnɑːn.aɪ.den.t̬ə.kəl ˈtwɪn/one of a pair of twins (= two children born to the same mother on the same occasion) who do not look exactly the same because they developed from two separate eggs
Synonym
fraternal twin
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Parents & children
- babyhood
- bastard
- child abuse
- child-friendly
- conjoined twins
- identical twin
- illegitimate
- latchkey kid
- legitimate
- love child
- motherhood
- motherless
- patter
- quad
- quadruplet
- quintuplet
- sextuplet
- Siamese twins
- twin
- without issue idiom
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