Each of four children (or offspring of an animal) present in or produced from a single pregnancy. Cf. quad, n.4
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| 释义 | society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > quadruplets, etc. (8) quadruplet1781 Each of four children (or offspring of an animal) present in or produced from a single pregnancy. Cf. quad, n.4 quintuplet1860 Each of five children (or offspring of an animal) present in or produced from a single pregnancy. Cf. quin, n.2 sextuplet1860 Each of six children (or offspring of an animal) present in or produced from a single pregnancy. octuplet1904 Each of eight siblings carried in a single pregnancy. Also attributive, esp. in octuplet pregnancy. Subcategories:— one of (4) |
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