mirror-image twin

noun

A kind of monozygotic twin exhibiting reversed asymmetry with the other twin in certain physical characteristics.

Meanings

nounmirror-image twin (plural mirror-image twins)

plural mirror-image twins

  1. A kind of monozygotic twin exhibiting reversed asymmetry with the other twin in certain physical characteristics.

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