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Dizygotic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Derived from two separately fertilized eggs. Used especially of fraternal twins.

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adj. Derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized; dizygous

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adj. derived from two separately fertilized eggs

Word Usage

"The mother assumed that she had given birth to fraternal twins (dizygotic, from two eggs) and not "identical" ones (monozygotic, two embryos developed from a single fertilized egg)."

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Words with the same meaning

dizygous

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