sextuplet
5
5.2
One of six children born at the same time to the same mother
- noun
- /sɛkˈstjuːplɪt/
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sextupleto
- The Dilly family has made headlines for their sextuplets, who are now toddlers and starting to explore the world.
- the tiny sextuplets
- sextuplets were born
- birth of the sextuplets
Examples
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The rare birth of the sextuplets brought joy to the entire community as everyone celebrated the family's good fortune.
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How did the sextuplets you cared for do, and do you know how they progressed after they left the NICU?
Blog text (23) -
My sister had sextuplets.
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Since then, I've cared for sextuplets in our NICU who were the result of drugs only -- and only revealed to their doctor after treatment that they were Catholic and wouldn't reduce.
Blog text (23) -
When the sextuplets were born, the hospital staff was amazed by how well they all were doing at such a young age.
How Many Babies
septuplet
6
7.5
6
7.5
sextuplet
5
5.2
5
5.2
quintuplet
5
6.5
5
6.5
quadruplet
5
6.0
5
6.0
triplet
35
3.7
35
3.7
twin
696
1.0
696
1.0
singleton
2
6.7
2
6.7
Surface Forms
sextuplet singular
sextuplets plural
Morphology
Etymology
Sextuplet comes from the Latin parts sex 'six' and -tuple 'fold' or 'group', like in double or triple, so a sextuplet child is one of six babies born at the same time to the same mother.