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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This is a very random old news story, but there were these two very scary Pakistani identical twin brothers who were cannibals in the news maybe a decade or so ago.
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2025
After the party, Jesica Balaram, of Park Ridge, was pleased to see smiles on the faces of the Balaram identical twins Kavya and Kiran, 6.
—Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
And 20 months after that, my identical twin daughters, Ryan and Reese, arrived—healthy and full-term.
—Tracey Harrington McCoy, Parents, 6 Mar. 2025
Among identical twins who share 100% of their genes, one twin has a roughly 25% chance of developing MS if the other twin has the disease.
—Ashutosh Mangalam, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2025
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2025
After the party, Jesica Balaram, of Park Ridge, was pleased to see smiles on the faces of the Balaram identical twins Kavya and Kiran, 6.
—Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
And 20 months after that, my identical twin daughters, Ryan and Reese, arrived—healthy and full-term.
—Tracey Harrington McCoy, Parents, 6 Mar. 2025
Among identical twins who share 100% of their genes, one twin has a roughly 25% chance of developing MS if the other twin has the disease.
—Ashutosh Mangalam, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for identical twin
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“Identical twin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/identical%20twin. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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