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sextuplet
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one [syn: six , 6 , VI , sixer , sise , Captain Hicks , half a dozen , sextet , sestet , hexad ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ An Illinois woman reportedly gave birth to sextuplets, five of whom survived. ▪ If this were an old-fashioned hexagon, our sextuplet would be joyfully paired off by the time the curtain fell. ▪ Only two other sets of sextuplets ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A group of six objects. 2 One of a group of six persons or animals born from the same mother during the same birth. 3 (context music English) A group of six notes played in the time of four. 4 # (context music proscribed English) A group of six notes ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1852, from adjective sextuple (1620s); patterned on triplet , etc.
Usage examples of sextuplet.
In identical twins, triplets, sextuplets, the DNA was identical, only the fingerprints were different.