sextuplet: Meaning and Definition of

sex•tu•plet

Pronunciation: (seks-tup'lit, -t'plit, -ty'-, seks'too-plit, -tyoo-), [key]
— n.
  1. a group or combination of six things.
  2. one of six offspring born at one birth.
  3. six children or offspring born of one pregnancy.
  4. a group of six notes of equal value performed in the same time normally taken to perform four.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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