fraternal twin
Example Sentences
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After the two wed and have their first child, Agnes becomes pregnant with fraternal twins, a boy and a girl.
From Salon
Jaret and James, who are fraternal twins, played their first season of organized football when they were 7.
From Washington Post
That didn’t work in Evangelina’s case; not even her fraternal twin sister was a match.
From Los Angeles Times
If there is no genetic component to musical talent, then the data from identical twin pairs should be similar to data from fraternal twin pairs.
From Scientific American
American singer Taylor Muhl says that a large section of skin on her torso is darker because it comes from her fraternal twin's genetic material.
From Salon
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