n. One of a group of six persons or animals born from the same mother during the same birth.
n. A group of six notes played in the time of four.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A union or combination of six things: as, a sextuplet of elliptic springs.
n. In music, a group of six notes to be performed in the time of four; a double triplet. Also sestole, sextole, sextolet, ete. Compare triplet, decimole, etc.
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n. the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
Word Usage
"Respiratory issues, cerebral palsy (two of one recent sextuplet birth ended up with cerebral palsy), birth defects, sensory disorders and death."