[syn: quintet, quintette, quintuplet, quintuple]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
quintuplet
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn:
five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome,
quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe]
2: one of five children born at the same time from the same
pregnancy [syn: quintuplet, quint, quin]
3: a set of five similar things considered as a unit [syn:
quintet, quintette, quintuplet, quintuple]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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