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Dictionary: quin·tu·plet   (kwĭn-tŭp'lĭt, -tū'plĭt, -tyū'-, kwĭn'tə-plĭt) pronunciation
 
n.
  1. One of five offspring born in a single birth.
  2. A group or combination of five associated by common properties or behavior.

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Dental Dictionary: quintuplet
 

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Any one of five offspring born in the same gestation period during a single pregnancy.

 
Music Encyclopedia: Quintuplet
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A group of five equal notes occurring irregularly and occupying the space of a note or notes (usually four or five) of regular metric duration.



 
Veterinary Dictionary: quintuplet
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One of five offspring produced at one birth. Used in species that normally have single births.

 
Translations: Quintuplet
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - femling

Nederlands (Dutch)
vijfling, (een van) verzameling van vijf

Français (French)
n. - quintuplé

Deutsch (German)
n. - Fünfling, Gruppe von fünf Dingen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πεντάδυμο

Italiano (Italian)
serie di cinque, cinque gemelli, uno di cinque gemelli

Português (Portuguese)
n. - grupo de cinco coisas iguais (m)

Русский (Russian)
один из пяти близнецов, пятерка

Español (Spanish)
n. - quintillizos, quintillizo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - femling

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
五个一组, 五胞胎中之一, 五人一组

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 五個一組, 五胞胎中之一, 五人一組

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 5개 한 벌, 다섯 쌍둥이 중 한 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 五つ子の一人, 五つ子

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الخماسيه, الخمس من نوع واحد, أحد التوائم الخمسه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חמישייה, חמישייה שנולדה יחד, כל אחד מחמישייה שנולדה יחד, מערכת של חמישה דברים הפועלים יחד‬


 
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