Meanings (ES + gloss)
fraternal • fraterno
Of or pertaining to a brother or brothers.
By Cognate or Domestic duties, we mean those which grow out of the different family relations; and which may be classed as conjugal, parental, filial, and fraternal.
The Bhratridvitiya, or fraternal rite of the Hindoos, is an institution of this nature, being admirably calculated to cement the natural bond of union between brothers and sisters…
bivitelino
Of twins or embryos, produced from two different eggs and sperm, and genetically distinct.
Because each egg and each sperm of a fraternal zygote contain slightly different genetic material, these two embryos do not have identical genetic makeups.
Seventy percent of twins are fraternal and result from fertilization of two separate ova by two different sperm.
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