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Noun: sextuplet  seks'tú-plut
  1. One of six children born in a single birth
    "The sextuplets were born healthy"
     
  2. (music) a group of six notes played in the time normally taken by four
    "The drummer added sextuplets to the complex rhythm"

Derived forms: sextuplets

Encyclopedia: Sextuplet