septuplet
CULMINATION OF ONE MULTIPLE PREGNANCY, WHEREIN THE MOTHER DELIVERS TWO OR MORE OFFSPRING;APPLICABLE TO PLACENTAL SPECIES
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['s?ptj?pl?t, s?p'tju:pl?t]
¦ noun
1. each of seven children born at one birth.
2. Music a group of seven notes to be performed in the time of four or six.
Origin
C19: from late L.
septuplus (see
septuple), on the pattern of words such as
triplet.