dizygotic
adjective
dizygotic is spelled D-I-Z-Y-G-O-T-I-C: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, dizygotic means “Derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized; dizygous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in dizygotic?
| Letters | 9: D-I-Z-Y-G-O-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 33 million words; the 176,009th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dizygotic?
Dizygotic appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dizygotic?
- UK
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Rho9998-dizygotic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does dizygotic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized; dizygous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate dizygotic?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of dizygotic: DZ.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dizygotic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dizygote |
| German | zweieiig |
| Portuguese | dizigótico |
| Spanish | dicigótico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does dizygotic come from?
From di- + zygotic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).