Quinary

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quinary \Qui"na*ry\, a. [L. quinarius, from quini five each,
     akin to quinque five: cf. F. quinaire. See {Five}.]
     Consisting of five; arranged by fives. --Boyle.
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     {Quinary system} (Zool.), a fanciful classification based on


        the hypothesis that each group contains five types.
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