dizygotic

English

Etymology

di- +‎ zygotic

Adjective

dizygotic (not comparable)

(biology) Derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized; dizygous.
- 1976, Kurt Vonnegut, Slapstick, Delacorte Press, Chapter 2, p. 27,
  I was not alone, moreover. I had a dizygotic twin, a female.

Usage notes

Used especially of non-identical twins.

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Translations

derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized

Chinese:
Mandarin: 異卵 (zh), 异卵 (zh) (yìluǎn)
Danish: tveægget
French: dizygote (fr)
German: zweieiig (de), dizygot
Hungarian: kétpetéjű

Italian: dizigotico (it), biovulare
Luxembourgish: zweeeeëg
Macedonian: двојајчен (dvojajčen)
Portuguese: dizigótico
Spanish: dicigótico
Swedish: tvåäggig

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