Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

semi-identical

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables: semi-i-den-ti-cal
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Being the result of two sperm cells fertilizing a single egg, which then splits into two embryos, sharing all of the mother's genetic material but only half of the father's.

adj

Being the result of two sperm cells each fertilizing a split egg, where one fertilizes the major egg body and another fertilizes the minor polar body.

Etymology

From semi- + identical.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: semi

Frequently Paired Words

dizygotic monozygotic sesquizygotic

Questions

What does semi-identical mean?: Being the result of two sperm cells fertilizing a single egg, which then splits into two embryos, sharing all of the mother's genetic material but only half of the father's.
Where does semi-identical come from?: From semi- + identical.

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