sextuplet

American  

[seks-tuhp-lit, -too-plit, -tyoo-, seks-too-plit, -tyoo-] / sɛksˈtʌp lɪt, -ˈtu plɪt, -ˈtju-, ˈsɛks tʊ plɪt, -tjʊ- /

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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sextuplet British  

/ ˈsɛkstjʊplɪt /

noun

1. one of six offspring born at one birth

2. a group of six things

3. music a group of six notes played in a time value of four

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Etymology

Origin of sextuplet

1850–55; sextuple + -et; cf. triplet