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Definition of septuplet noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

septuplet

noun
 
/ˈseptjʊplət/
 
/sepˈtuːplət/
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  1. one of seven children born at the same time to the same mother
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from late Latin septuplus, from Latin septem ‘seven’, on the pattern of words such as triplet.
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