identical twin

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iˌdentical ˈtwin noun [countable usually plural]  SAMEFAMILYone of a pair of brothers or sisters born at the same time, who develop from the same egg and look almost exactly alike 同[单]卵双胞胎之一〔外貌相似〕 → fraternal twin →4  See picture of 见图 TWIN

Examples from the Corpus

identical twin• Enlarged ventricles have been found in an identical twin who develops schizophrenia, compared to the one who does not.• If one identical twin is gay, the chances that his brother is also gay are 50 percent.

iˌdentical ˈtwin nounChineseSyllable  

of pair of brothers a Corpus one or

identical twin
iˌdentical ˈtwin noun [countable usually plural]
one of a pair of brothers or sisters born at the same time, who develop from the same egg and look almost exactly alike ⇨ fraternal twin

identical twinBrE /aɪˌdentɪkl ˈtwɪn/ 🔊NAmE /aɪˌdentɪkl ˈtwɪn/ 🔊 (also specialist monozyˌgotic ˈtwin) nouneither of two children or animals born from the same mother at the same time who have developed from a single egg. Identical twins are of the same sex and look very similar. 单卵性双胞胎之一（性别相同，外貌相似）  ➡  compare dizygotic twin, fraternal twin