Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quaternary twin

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables: qua-ter-nary twin
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

First cousins whose parents are a pair of identical twins.

Example Sentences

"Quaternary twins are defined as the offspring born less than nine months apart to two sets of identical siblings. They don’t share a womb, or even a parent, but the DNA they inherit from their twin parents makes them not only cousins, but genetic brothers."
"The boys — who are not only cousins also genetic siblings known as "quaternary twins" — share the same room and have close relationships with all four adults."
"Quaternary twins occur when one set of identical twins has children with another set of identical twins."

Inflected Forms

quaternary twins (plural)

Questions

What does quaternary twin mean?: First cousins whose parents are a pair of identical twins.

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