nonidentical

See also: non-identical

English

Etymology

non- +‎ identical

Adjective

nonidentical (not comparable)

  1. Not identical; different in some respect.
    Antonym: identical

Noun

nonidentical (plural nonidenticals)

  1. A twin other than an identical twin.
    • 1961, Harry Manuel Shulman, Juvenile Delinquency in American Society, page 330:
      Thus, it would be expected that identical twins would more frequently both be delinquent than nonidenticals, in cases in which one identical twin had been delinquent.
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