fraternal twin
noun
: either member of a pair of twins that are produced from different eggs and may not have the same sex or appearance
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Stanhope stars as Danny Walter on My Life With the Walter Boys, Cole's more mellow fraternal twin, who's dreaming of a future in acting.
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EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Danny is also Cole’s fraternal twin brother.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2025
Finley joined First Tee – Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky at age 8 with her older brother, Henry, who’s now a First Tee Scholar, and fraternal twin, Tiernan, an attendee at the First Tee’s Game Changers Academy in 2024.
—First Tee, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
Flagg was 11 years old when he, his fraternal twin brother Ace and his older brother Hunter were hired.
—Christian Clark, New York Times, 6 July 2025
The film, which co-starred Danny DeVito as Schwarzenegger’s fraternal twin brother, turned out to be the actor’s biggest payday of his career.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 25 June 2025
There's no reason why the fans from MLB should not consider softball to be their fraternal twin.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 6 June 2025
The new resort is a fraternal twin with Stella Nova, which opened in January.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
Then there’s the bonus house — in the rear yard stands a second 25-foot-wide townhouse that’s also around 3,500 square feet, a kind of hidden fraternal twin reached by a private entry from the sidewalk.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 19 Feb. 2025
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EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Danny is also Cole’s fraternal twin brother.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2025
Finley joined First Tee – Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky at age 8 with her older brother, Henry, who’s now a First Tee Scholar, and fraternal twin, Tiernan, an attendee at the First Tee’s Game Changers Academy in 2024.
—First Tee, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
Flagg was 11 years old when he, his fraternal twin brother Ace and his older brother Hunter were hired.
—Christian Clark, New York Times, 6 July 2025
The film, which co-starred Danny DeVito as Schwarzenegger’s fraternal twin brother, turned out to be the actor’s biggest payday of his career.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 25 June 2025
There's no reason why the fans from MLB should not consider softball to be their fraternal twin.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 6 June 2025
The new resort is a fraternal twin with Stella Nova, which opened in January.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
Then there’s the bonus house — in the rear yard stands a second 25-foot-wide townhouse that’s also around 3,500 square feet, a kind of hidden fraternal twin reached by a private entry from the sidewalk.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Fraternal twin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fraternal%20twin. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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