Quintuplet

3 definitions found

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

  Quintuplet \Quin"tu*plet\, n. [From {Quintuple}.]
     1. A collection or combination of five of a kind.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. pl. Five children born in the same labor.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


  
     3. (Mus.) A group of five connected notes; a turn of five
        notes.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     4. A cycle having five crank shafts and adapted for five
        riders, all of whom can assist in the propulsion.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  quintuplet
       n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn: {five},
             {5}, {V}, {cinque}, {quint}, {quintet}, {fivesome}, {pentad},
             {fin}, {Phoebe}, {Little Phoebe}]
       2: one of five children born at the same time from the same
          pregnancy [syn: {quint}, {quin}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "quintuplet":
     Little Phoebe, Pentateuch, Phoebe, V, cinque, fin, five,
     five bucks, five dollars, fiver, fivesome, mullet, pentachord,
     pentad, pentagon, pentagram, pentahedron, pentameter, pentapody,
     pentarchy, pentastich, pentathlon, quincunx, quint, quintet