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What (who) is twin - definition

ONE OF TWO OFFSPRING PRODUCED IN THE SAME PREGNANCY
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  • [[Chang and Eng Bunker]], born in Siam (now [[Thailand]]) in 1811, were the origin of the term "Siamese twins".
  • Hereford]] breed in [[Miles City, Montana]]
  • [[Ibeyi]] duo Naomi (left) and Lisa-Kaindé Diaz are dizygotic (fraternal) twins.
  • Comparison of zygote development in monozygotic and dizygotic twins. In the uterus, a majority of monozygotic twins (60–70%) share the same [[placenta]] but have separate [[amniotic sac]]s. In 18–30% of monozygotic twins each fetus has a separate placenta and a separate amniotic sac. A small number (1–2%) of monozygotic twins share the same placenta and amniotic sac. Fraternal twins each have their own placenta and own amniotic sac.
  • Scott Kelly]], both former [[NASA]] astronauts
  • Various types of chorionicity and amniosity (how the baby's sac looks) in monozygotic (one egg/identical) twins as a result of when the fertilized egg divides
  • Adult fraternal twins
  • A pair of female [[ere ibeji]] twin figures (early 20th-century) in the permanent collection of [[The Children's Museum of Indianapolis]]. The [[Yoruba people]] have the highest dizygotic twinning rate in the world.
  • Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) illustration of twins showing one fetus with exposure to more amniotic fluid while the other is "stuck" with the membrane tightly around itself.
  • Two fraternal twin brothers have commonalities.

twin         
¦ noun
1. one of two children or animals born at the same birth.
2. something containing or consisting of two matching or corresponding parts.
¦ adjective
1. forming or being one of a twin.
2. forming a matching or closely connected pair.
3. (of a crystal) twinned.
¦ verb (twins, twinning, twinned)
1. link; combine.
Brit. link (a town or district) with another in a different country, for the purposes of cultural exchange.
2. [as adjective twinned] (of a crystal) that is a composite consisting of two (or more) parts which are reversed in orientation with respect to each other.
Derivatives
twinned adjective
twinning noun
Origin
OE twinn 'double', from twi- 'two'; related to ON tvinnr.
twin         
(twins, twinning, twinned)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If two people are twins, they have the same mother and were born on the same day.
Sarah was looking after the twins...
She had a twin brother and a younger brother.
N-COUNT: oft N n
2.
Twin is used to describe a pair of things that look the same and are close together.
...the twin spires of the cathedral.
...the world's largest twin-engined aircraft.
ADJ: ADJ n
3.
Twin is used to describe two things or ideas that are similar or connected in some way.
...the twin concepts of liberty and equality...
ADJ: ADJ n
4.
When a place or organization in one country is twinned with a place or organization in another country, a special relationship is formally established between them. (BRIT)
Five Polish banks are to be twinned with counterparts in Western Europe...
The borough is twinned with Kasel in Germany.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed with n, V-ed
5.
Twin towns or cities are twinned with each other. (BRIT; in AM, use sister cities
)
This led Zagreb's twin town, Mainz, to donate ?70,000-worth of high-quality equipment.
ADJ: ADJ n
6.
twin         
a.
(Bot.) Doubled, geminate, in pairs.

Wikipedia

Twin

Twins are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy. Twins can be either monozygotic ('identical'), meaning that they develop from one zygote, which splits and forms two embryos, or dizygotic ('non-identical' or 'fraternal'), meaning that each twin develops from a separate egg and each egg is fertilized by its own sperm cell. Since identical twins develop from one zygote, they will share the same sex, while fraternal twins may or may not. In rare cases twins can have the same mother and different fathers (heteropaternal superfecundation).

In contrast, a fetus that develops alone in the womb (the much more common case, in humans) is called a singleton, and the general term for one offspring of a multiple birth is a multiple. Unrelated look-alikes whose resemblance parallels that of twins are referred to as doppelgängers.

Examples of use of twin
1. "It may be Earth‘s ‘evil twin,‘ but it is in many respects Earth‘s twin," Russell said.
2. Doctors told Mrs Gibson that she was suffering from twin–to–twin transfusion syndrome or TTTS.
3. Conjoined twin births occur in one in every 200 identical twin deliveries.
4. "Nicole was 15 weeks along when medical staff detected twin–to–twin transfusion, a type of problem whereby blood flows from one twin to another," he said.
5. A third wife lives in the capital‘s twin city, Sale, with her 3–year–old twin sons.