fraternal
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Both identical and fraternal twins develop in the same womb and are usually raised in similar circumstances in the same household.
From Los Angeles Times
After the two wed and have their first child, Agnes becomes pregnant with fraternal twins, a boy and a girl.
From Salon
The fraternal gathering of men, costumed in Jérôme Kaplan’s chic, postmodern take on toga-party garb, is vividly spurred by Bernstein’s evocative composition—for strings, percussion and solo violin.
On the opposite end of the parkway is its fraternal twin, the “rainbow” bed — a free-for-all of colorful plants.
From Los Angeles Times
That kind of fraternal family dynamic was something that Ronan Day-Lewis was keen to explore, when writing the script with his father.
From BBC
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