identical twin

noun

: either member of a pair of twins that are produced from a single egg and who look exactly alike

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Share [Findings] Sets of both fraternal and identical twins exhibit internally similar metacognitive abilities, suggesting that metacognition is environmental rather than heritable. —

Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025 Tal, 38, and Oren Alexander, 37, two prominent jet-setting brokers in New York and Miami, and their brother Alon Alexander, Oren's identical twin, were arrested in Miami Beach on Dec. 11 and have since been taken into federal custody. —

Mollie Markowitz, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2025 The study's results, published in the journal Cell Reports, showed that 16 of the 32 pairs received scores identical twins would receive. —

David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025 For example, an individual male mouse might just so happen to win a fight with its identical twin over food. —

Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 8 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for identical twin

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