Quadruplet Definition
kwŏ-drŭplĭt, -dro͝oplĭt, kwŏdrə-plĭt
quadruplets
noun
quadruplets
Any of four offspring from the same pregnancy.
Webster's New World
A group or combination of four associated by common properties or behavior.
American Heritage Medicine
A collection or group of four, usually of one kind.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- little-joe
- foursome
- tetrad
- iv
- 4
- quaternity
- quaternary
- quaternion
- quatern
- quartet
- four
- quad
- quadruple
- quartette
Other Word Forms of Quadruplet
Noun
Singular:
quadruplet
Plural:
quadrupletsOrigin of Quadruplet
From quadruple (modeled on triplet)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From quadruple and -et.
From Wiktionary
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