SEXTUPLET


Meaning of SEXTUPLET in English

/ ˈsekstʊplət; NAmE ; sekˈstjuːplət; -ˈstʌp-/ noun

one of six children born at the same time to the same mother

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: from sextuple (from medieval Latin sextuplus , formed irregularly from Latin sex six), on the pattern of words such as triplet .

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