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Why don't we refer to twins and triples as a litter? (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Technically they're littermates...

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[-] omgarm@feddit.nl 3 points 8 months ago

Identical twins should be called clones.

[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 8 points 8 months ago

They're not clones though. For one, a clone has one parent and it's dna is identical to it's parent. Twins have two parents and their dna is only identical to each other.

[-] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 4 points 8 months ago

So they’re copies of each other?

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