Hypertext Webster Gateway: "quintuplet"
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) 1.7 (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 from the same
pregnancy [syn: {quint}, {quin}]
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