dizygotic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- English zygotic English dizygotic From di- + zygotic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized; dizygous.
I was not alone, moreover. I had a dizygotic twin, a female.
1976, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 2, in Slapstick, Delacorte Press, page 27:
Coordinates
semi-identical · monozygotic · sesquizygotic · identical
Synonyms
Translations (16)
it biovulare (derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized) · lb zweeeeëg (derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized) · mk двојајчен (derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized) · de zweieiig (derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized) · fr dizygote (derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized) · nl twee-eiig (derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized) · cmn 異卵 /异卵 (derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized) · fi erimunainen (derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized) · pl dwujajowy (derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized) · pt dizigótico (derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized) · sv tvåäggig (derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized) · hu kétpetéjű (derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized) · it dizigote (derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized) · it dizigotico (derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized) · es dicigótico (derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized) · da tveægget (derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized)