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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1873 1. a combination of five of a kind 2. one of five offspring born at one birth

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 each of five children born at one birth. 2 a set of five things working together. 3 Mus. a group of five notes to be performed in the time of three or four. Etymology: QUINTUPLE, after QUADRUPLET, TRIPLET

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Quintuplet Quin"tu*plet, n. [From Quintuple.] 1. A collection or combination of five of a kind. 2. pl. Five children born in the same labor. 3. (Mus.) A group of five connected notes; a turn of five notes. 4. A cycle having five crank shafts and adapted for five riders, all of whom can assist in the propulsion.

Moby Thesaurus

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