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twin

twin

696 1.0
A child born at the same birth as another child to the same mother
  • noun
  • /twɪn/
: gemelo
  • My sister and I were identical twins born just a minute apart.
  • identical twins
  • fraternal twins
  • twin birth

And Mark and his brother Matt are twins, and they're the oldest.

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Examples

Antonyms

2 6.7

One person or thing that stands alone among others

Compounds

A twin born from one egg who has the same DNA

22 3.6

Two identical tall buildings in New York that were destroyed in the 2001 terrorist attacks

20 3.8

A common name for the two nearby cities Saint Paul and Minneapolis in Minnesota, United States

20 6.8

A person who looks like another but behaves badly

Siamese twin
  • Archaic
16 7.2

One of two babies whose bodies are joined at birth

A person born physically joined to their identical twin at one or more body parts

11 1.6

A single bed for one person, often used in pairs in a shared room

One of two children born at the same time from different eggs who may look different and be different sexes

3 3.5

A waterfall on the Snake River in southern Idaho with two main drops

monozygotic twin
  • Specialized
1 7.2

A person who has the same genes as their twin because they come from one egg

1 3.0

A room with two single beds

twin-prop
  • Specialized
1 6.8

A small plane with two propellers and engines used for short flights

dizygotic twin
  • Specialized
1 7.5

A twin who comes from a different egg and is not identical to the other twin

evil twin
  • Jargon
1 8.1

A fake Wi-Fi network that copies a real one to steal data

twin bill
  • Jargon
1 5.5

Two games that the same teams play on the same day, usually in baseball

A plane with two propellers that flies short distances

monozygous twin
  • Specialized
6.3

One of two twins who develop from the same egg and have the same genes

twin-aisle airplane
  • Specialized
5.1

A large airplane with two aisles that divide seats into three sections

How Many Babies

septuplet
6 7.5
sextuplet
5 5.2
quintuplet
5 6.5
quadruplet
5 6.0
triplet
35 3.7
twin
696 1.0
singleton
2 6.7

Surface Forms

twin singular
twins plural

Etymology

Twin comes from an old word for two, meaning 'two together'. So a twin is one of two babies born at the same time.