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Definition of "quintuplet" []

  • One of five offspring born in a single birth. (noun)
  • A group or combination of five associated by common properties or behavior. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "quintuplet" in a sentence
  • "Each thinks that his or her quintuplet is the pick of the litter."
  • "There are five “mother” sauces that any chef must master; all others stem from that original quintuplet."
  • "Commissioned in 1963 to make a film about America's first successful quintuplet birth, Leacock and Joyce Chopra captured the quints' mother's anxiety at her sudden celebrity and the surrounding South Dakota community's eagerness to cash in on it."