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sextuplet

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sex⋅tu⋅plet

[seks-tuhp-lit, -too-plit, -tyoo-, seks-too-plit, -tyoo-]
–noun
1. a group or combination of six things.
2. one of six offspring born at one birth.
3. sextuplets, six children or offspring born of one pregnancy.
4. Music. a group of six notes of equal value performed in the same time normally taken to perform four.

Origin:
1850–55; sextuple + -et; cf. triplet
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sex·tup·let   (sěk-stŭp'lĭt, -stōō'plĭt, -styōō'-, sěk'stŭp'lĭt)   
n.  
  1. One of six offspring born in a single birth.

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

  3. Music A group of six notes having the time value of four notes of the same kind.


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

Main Entry: sex·tu·plet
Pronunciation: sek-'st&p-l&t, -'st(y)üp-; 'sek-st(y)&p-
Function: noun
1 : any of sixoffspring born at one birth
2 sextuplets pl : a group of six offspring born at one birth
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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