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septuplet

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sep⋅tup⋅let

  [sep-tuhp-lit, -too-plit, -tyoo-]
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–noun
1. any group or combination of seven.
2. one of seven offspring born at one birth.
3. septuplets, seven offspring born at one birth.
4. Music. a group of seven notes of equal value performed in the same amount of time normally taken to perform four or six.
Origin:
1890–95; septuple + -et
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sep·tu·plet   (sěp-tŭp'lĭt, -tōō'plĭt, -tyōō'-)   
n.  

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

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


[From septuple (modeled on triplet).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sep·tup·let
Pronunciation: sep-'t&p-l&t, -'t(y)üp-l&t also 'sep-t&p-
Function: noun
1 : one ofseven offspring born at one birth
2 septuplets pl : a group of seven such offspring
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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