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Noun: quintuplet  kwin'túp-let or kwin't(y)oo-plet
  1. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
    - five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, pentad, Phoebe, Little Phoebe
     
  2. One of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
    - quint, quin
     
  3. A set of five similar things considered as a unit
    - quintet, quintette, quintuple

Derived forms: quintuplets

Type of: digit, figure, set, sib, sibling

Encyclopedia: Quintuplet

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