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quintuplet


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quintuplet  \Quin"tu*plet\,  n.  [From  {Quintuple}.] 
  1.  A  collection  or  combination  of  five  of  a  kind 
 
  2.  pl  Five  children  born  in  the  same  labor. 
 
  3.  (Mus.)  A  group  of  five  connected  notes;  a  turn  of  five 
  notes. 
 
  4.  A  cycle  having  five  crank  shafts  and  adapted  for  five 
  riders,  all  of  whom  can  assist  in  the  propulsion. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  quintuplet 
  n  1:  the  cardinal  number  that  is  the  sum  of  four  and  one  [syn:  {five}, 
  {5},  {V},  {cinque},  {quint},  {quintet},  {fivesome},  {pentad}, 
  {fin},  {Phoebe},  {Little  Phoebe}] 
  2:  one  of  five  children  born  at  the  same  time  [syn:  {quint},  {quin}] 




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