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1Quintuplet — 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.… …
2quintuplet — (n.) 1873, set of five things (originally in music), from quintuple (adj.), 1560s, from M.Fr. quintuple, from L. quintus fifth (see QUINQUE (Cf. quinque )). In plural, five children at one birth it is recorded from 1889 …
3quintuplet — ► NOUN ▪ each of five children born at one birth …
4quintuplet — [kwin tup′lit; kwin to͞o′plit, kwintyo͞o′plit; kwin′tə plət] n. [dim. of QUINTUPLE] 1. any of five offspring from the same pregnancy 2. a collection or group of five, usually of one kind …
5quintuplet — UK [ˈkwɪntjʊplət] / UK [kwɪnˈtjuːplət] / US [kwɪnˈtʌplət] noun [countable] Word forms quintuplet : singular quintuplet plural quintuplets a baby who is born at the same time as four other babies to the same mother …
6Quintuplet-Sternhaufen — Datenbanklinks zu Quintuplet Sternhaufen Offener Sternhaufen Daten des Quintuplet Sternhaufens …
7Quintuplet cluster — Infobox Cluster name = Quintuplet Cluster caption =Quintuplet Cluster (HST/NICMOS image) [http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1999/30/text/ HubbleSite NewsCenter Hubble Spies Giant Star Clusters Near Galactic Center (09/16/1999)… …
8quintuplet — noun Date: 1873 1. a combination of five of a kind 2. one of five offspring born at one birth …
9quintuplet — /kwin tup lit, tooh plit, tyooh , kwin too plit, tyoo /, n. 1. any group or combination of five, esp. of the same kind. 2. quintuplets, five children or offspring born of one pregnancy. 3. one of five such children or offspring. 4. Music. a group …
10quintuplet — noun One of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth …