"Siamese twin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Siamese twins [plural]
Etymology: Chang and Eng Bunker, conjoined twins from Siam (modern Thailand), were known as the "Siamese twins". Head templates: {{en-noun}} Siamese twin (plural Siamese twins)
  1. A conjoined twin; one of two people physically joined together. Categories (topical): Family members, Siblings Derived forms: Siamese Twins, Siamese Twins Galaxies, Siamese Twin Galaxies, Siamese Twins Galaxy, Siamese Twin Galaxy Translations (conjoined twin): siamesisk tvilling [common-gender] (Danish), Siamese tweeling [masculine] (Dutch), siama ĝemelo (Esperanto), frère siamois [masculine] (French), sœur siamoise [feminine] (French), siamesischer Zwilling [masculine] (German), sziámi iker (Hungarian), kembar siam (Indonesian), kembar Siam (Malay), сиамын ихэр (siamyn ixer) (Mongolian), cêwiyên siyamî [neuter, plural] (Northern Kurdish), hevalcêmkên pêkve [neuter, plural] (Northern Kurdish), siamesisk tvilling [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), siamesisk tvilling [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), bliźnię syjamskie [neuter] (Polish), gémeo siamês [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), gêmeo siamês [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), geamăn siamez [masculine] (Romanian), geamănă siameză [feminine] (Romanian), сиа́мский близне́ц (siámskij bliznéc) [masculine] (Russian), siamés (Spanish), siamesisk tvilling [common-gender] (Swedish), Siyam ikizi (Turkish), yapışık ikiz (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Siamese_twin-en-noun-4wb3gMPW Disambiguation of Family members: 65 35 Disambiguation of Siblings: 73 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 75 25 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 65 35 Disambiguation of 'conjoined twin': 88 12
  2. (linguistics) Either of a pair of words that occur together as an idiomatic expression or collocation, as in "hammer and sickle", "short and sweet", or "spick and span". Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-Siamese_twin-en-noun--gaw42JT Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 54 46 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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