Meaning & use
Quintuplets
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Five children born to the same mother at the same birth.
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The hospital announced the rare birth of quintuplets last week.
Raising quintuplets meant the family needed five of everything.
A note on using this word
Formed by analogy with "twins," "triplets," and "quadruplets," using the Latin prefix "quintu-," meaning "fifth."
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