dizygotic

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adjective

Derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized; dizygous.

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dizygousfraternal
OriginEnglish zygotic ← Latin di- ← Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-) →
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Meanings

adjectivedizygotic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyDerived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized; dizygous.

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

    1976, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 2, in Slapstick, Delacorte Press, page 27

    Synonyms: dizygous, fraternal

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveDerived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized; dizygous.

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dizygousfraternal

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivederived from two separately fertilized eggs

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dizygous
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dizygous

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Englishzygotic
  8. Englishdizygotic

From di- + zygotic.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 異卵 /异卵
  • 異卵 /异卵 (yìluǎn)derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
Danish tveægget
  • tveæggetderived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
Dutch twee-eiig
  • twee-eiigderived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
Finnish erimunainen
  • erimunainenderived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
French dizygote
  • dizygotederived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
German zweieiig
  • zweieiigderived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
Hungarian kétpetéjű
  • kétpetéjűderived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
Italian dizigotico, biovulare
  • dizigoticoderived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
  • biovularederived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
  • dizigotederived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
Polish dwujajowy
  • dwujajowyderived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
Portuguese dizigótico
  • dizigóticoderived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
Spanish dicigótico
  • dicigóticoderived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
Swedish tvåäggig
  • tvåäggigderived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
Cite this entry
APA

dizygotic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dizygotic

MLA

“dizygotic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dizygotic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dizygotic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dizygotic.

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