Meaning & use

quint

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One of five children born at the same birth; a quintuplet.

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The hospital celebrated the birth of a rare set of quints.

Each of the quints wore a different colored bracelet so their parents could tell them apart.

A note on using this word

An informal short form of 'quintuplet,' almost always used in the plural.

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quintuplet

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