sextuplet

[ seks-tuhp-lit, -too-plit, -tyoo-, seks-too-plit, -tyoo- ]

noun

1. a group or combination of six things.
2. one of six offspring born at one birth.
3. sextuplets, six children or offspring born of one pregnancy.
4. Music. a group of six notes of equal value performed in the same time normally taken to perform four.

sextuplet

/ ˈsɛkstjʊplɪt /

noun

1. one of six offspring born at one birth
2. a group of six things
3. music a group of six notes played in a time value of four

Word History and Origins

Origin of sextuplet¹

1850–55; sextuple + -et; triplet

Example Sentences

The drum line stood beneath a canopy of trees and rattled through rolls of sextuplets, with reddened shoulders glistening.

From New York Times

Sheep usually deliver between one and three offspring, so Erin Fflur McNaught said the arrival of the sextuplets was a "total surprise".

From BBC

But for Mr. Powell, “working with literally the most interesting data in the universe” to simply find this strange sextuplet is reward enough.

From New York Times

Jon and Kate's private lives were thrust into the spotlight once they landed a television show that followed the pair parenting twins and sextuplets.

From Fox News

They went to Dr. David Grainger, a Wichita fertility specialist, and on Sept. 12, 2001, the couple learned Sondra was pregnant with sextuplets.

From Washington Times