Two consecutive odd prime numbers are called …… primes.

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As we know the difference between the two prime numbers is $2$ . These set of two prime numbers is called twin primes. For example - $(3, 5)$ , in this pair $3, 5$ both are consecutive odd prime numbers, and the gap between $3, 5$ is $2$ .
Hence, two consecutive odd prime numbers are called twin primes.

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