fraternal twin
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On the opposite end of the parkway is its fraternal twin, the “rainbow” bed — a free-for-all of colorful plants.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025
The results were consistent across both identical and fraternal twin pairs.
From Science Daily • May 8, 2024
Alok and his fraternal twin brother, Bhaskar who’s also a professional DJ and producer, learned how to spin records as children.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2023
For more expansive searches with a high rate of success, I also signed up for Worldpackers and its fraternal twin, Workaway.
From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2022
Not the shy girl with the tangled black hair in her face, but instead her fraternal twin brother.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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