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二卵性双生児 (にらんせいそうせいじ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

二に卵らん性せい双そう生せい児じ

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Meanings

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noun

fraternal twins

Medical/biological term for twins from two separate fertilized eggs; contrast with 一卵性双生児 (identical twins).

二に卵らん性せい双そう生せい児じは遺い伝でん的てきに普ふ通つうの兄きょう弟だいと同おなじくらい似にている。
Fraternal twins are as genetically similar as ordinary siblings.

Kanji

二two, two radical (no. 7)

卵egg, ovum, spawn

性sex, gender, nature

双pair, set, comparison

生life, genuine, birth

児newborn babe, child, young of animals

Similar words

一いち卵らん性せい双そう生せい児じ
Identical twins from a single fertilized egg; genetically identical, unlike fraternal twins.
双ふた子ご
General term for twins; does not specify zygosity.

Etymology

Compound of 二卵性 (two-egg type) and 双生児 (twin children).