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.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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