Define the word quintuplet"Quintuplet" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Quintuplet \Quin"tu*plet\, n. [From Quintuple.]
1. A collection or combination of five of a kind.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. pl. Five children born in the same labor.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. (Mus.) A group of five connected notes; a turn of five
notes.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. A cycle having five crank shafts and adapted for five
riders, all of whom can assist in the propulsion.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
"quintuplet" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
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]
"quintuplet" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "quintuplet":
Little Phoebe, Pentateuch, Phoebe, V, cinque, fin, five,
five bucks, five dollars, fiver, fivesome, mullet, pentachord,
pentad, pentagon, pentagram, pentahedron, pentameter, pentapody,
pentarchy, pentastich, pentathlon, quincunx, quint, quintet
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