heptuplet

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English

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Etymology

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From heptuple +‎ -et.

Noun

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heptuplet (plural heptuplets)

  1. One of a group of seven, particularly one of seven babies born at the same birth.
    Synonym: septuplet
    • 1905 September 2, “Late Local News in Brief”, in The Janesville Daily Gazette, volume 49, number 148, page 5:
      El Paso Herald: A Hawaiian woman is accredited with heptuplets, three and a half pair of twins, all at once. And Honolulu is waiting to see what Roosevelt purposes to do about it.