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OCTUPLET

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Octuplet Mother
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oc⋅tup⋅let

  [ok-tuhp-lit, -too-plit, -tyoo-; ok-too-plit, -tyoo-]
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–noun
1. a group, series, or combination of eight related items.
2. Music. a group of eight notes that are to be played or sung in the same time as six notes of equal value.
Origin:
1850–55; octuple + -et
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Octuplet Mother
Should The Reproduction Of A Single Mom Of 15 Be Up For Public Debate?
www.ResponsibilityProject.com
Is The OctoMom For Real?
Read All About Nadya, The OctoMom, And Her Latest Antics At The Frisky
TheFrisky.com/OctoMom
oc·tu·plet   (ŏk-tŭp'lĭt, -tōō'plĭt, -tyōō'-)   
n.  

  1. One of eight offspring delivered at a single birth.

  2. A group or combination of eight associated by common properties or behavior.


[From octuple (modeled on triplet).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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