fraternal
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"The Moon and Earth are more like fraternal twins."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Even more rare is the kind of triplets Craft gave birth to, Passi said: Two of them are identical twins and the third is a fraternal twin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Over several generations, government programs assumed functions previously performed by families, churches, mutual-aid societies, fraternal organizations and local charities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The Oguntoyes have some physical differences, being fraternal twins, but their wives are identical.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
The first two to Taeyoung and Taemin, fraternal twins, who looked exactly alike except that Taeyoung wore her hair in long braids and Taemin kept his head shaved due to the heat.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
Vocabulary lists containing fraternal
Lincoln Inaugural Address (March 1861)
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Max in the House of Spies
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