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dizygotic

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

derived from two separately fertilized eggs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • dizygotic twins

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dizygous

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- English zygotic English dizygotic From di- + zygotic.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 異卵 /异卵 (yìluǎn) — derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
  • Danish: tveægget — derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
  • Dutch: twee-eiig — derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
  • Finnish: erimunainen — derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
  • French: dizygote — derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
  • German: zweieiig — derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
  • Hungarian: kétpetéjű — derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
  • Italian: dizigotico — derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
  • Italian: biovulare — derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
  • Italian: dizigote — derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
  • Luxembourgish: zweeeeëg — derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
  • Macedonian: двојајчен (dvojajčen) — derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
  • Polish: dwujajowy — derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
  • Portuguese: dizigótico — derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
  • Spanish: dicigótico — derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized
  • Swedish: tvåäggig — derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized