dizygotic

English

Etymology

di- +‎ zygotic

Pronunciation

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Adjective

dizygotic (not comparable)

1. (biology) Derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized; dizygous.
   • 1976, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 2, in Slapstick, Delacorte Press, page 27:

     I was not alone, moreover. I had a dizygotic twin, a female.

Usage notes

Used especially of non-identical twins.

Synonyms

• dizygous
• fraternal

Coordinate terms

• monozygotic
• identical
• semi-identical
• sesquizygotic

Translations

derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 異卵／异卵 (zh) (yìluǎn)

• Danish: tveægget
• Dutch: twee-eiig (nl)
• Finnish: erimunainen
• French: dizygote (fr)
• German: zweieiig (de)
• Hungarian: kétpetéjű (hu)
• Italian: dizigotico (it), biovulare, dizigote (it)
• Luxembourgish: zweeeeëg
• Macedonian: двојајчен (dvojajčen)
• Portuguese: dizigótico (pt)
• Spanish: dicigótico
• Swedish: tvåäggig