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Noun: quintuplet  kwin'túp-let or kwin't(y)oo-plet
  1. One of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
    "The birth of quintuplets made headlines in the local news";
    - quint, quin [informal]
     
  2. A set of five similar things considered as a unit
    "The quintuplet of stars forms a distinctive pattern";
    - quintet, quintette [rare], quintuple, pentad [technical]

Derived forms: quintuplets

Type of: set, sib, sibling

Encyclopedia: Quintuplet