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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.
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Sextuplets
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
sextuplet
1852, from adj. sextuple (1626), from L. sextus "sixth," from sex "six" (see six). Patterned on triplet, etc.
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