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septuplet
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sep·tu·plet  (sp-tplt, -tplt, -ty-)
n.
1. One of seven offspring delivered at a single birth.
2. A group or combination of seven associated by common properties or behavior.

[From septuple (modeled on triplet).]

septuplet [sɛpˈtjuːplɪt ˈsɛptjʊplɪt]
n
1. (Music, other) Music a group of seven notes played in a time value of six, eight, etc.
2. (Medicine / Gynaecology & Obstetrics) one of seven offspring produced at one birth
3. a group of seven things
Translations
septuplet [sepˈtjʊplɪt] Nseptillizo/a m/f
septuplet
n (= baby)Siebenling m; (Mus) → Septole f


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