sex·tu·plet

sex·tu·plet
/sɛkˈstʌplət, Brit ˈsɛkstjʊplət/ noun, pl -plets [count]
: one of six babies born at the same time to the same mother

She gave birth to sextuplets.

— compare quadruplet, quintuplet, triplet, twin

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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