quintuplet

from 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}]
    
from 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.]
    
from 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

    

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