Collocations withtwin
These are words often used in combination withtwin.
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conjoined twin
Has a conjoined twin that is attached to the side of his head.
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evil twin
To some, this may sound like the equivalent of blaming one's misdeeds on a heretofore unknown evil twin.
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female twin
Genetic influences on eating attitudes in a normal female twin population.
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male twin
Smoking and alcohol consumption in adult male twins, genetic heritability and shared environmental influences.
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parasitic twin
She could drag herself around, although impeded by the trailing parasitic twin.
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twin boys
Two of these children were twin boys.
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twin brother
He was the twin brother of one of the two cases classified as showing bipolar disorder.
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twin city
However, the absolute size of the twin city would be much larger for it would contain around twenty new towns.
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twin daughters
There is a family in my constituency in which there are twin daughters aged 11, a girl of 15 and the parent with care.
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twin girls
As a result, my constituent was delivered of twin girls without the mandatory attendance of an obstetrician or paediatrician.
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twin paradox
For example, special relativity has traditionally yielded two common paradoxes: the twin paradox and the ladder paradox.
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twin peaks
Erosion has stripped away the sandstone leaving the mountain's twin peaks.
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twin pillars
Gambling and tourism have long been the twin pillars of the local economy.
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twin sister
We must step up the campaign against yobbery and its ugly twin sister, racism.
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twin son
The couple had two children, a twin son and daughter.
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