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

sextuplet

noun
 
/ˈsekstjʊplət/
 
/seksˈtʌplət/
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  1. one of six children born at the same time to the same mother
    Word Originmid 19th cent.: from sextuple (from medieval Latin sextuplus, formed irregularly from Latin sex ‘six’), on the pattern of words such as triplet.
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