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Quadruplet

noun
1.
The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one.  Synonyms: 4, four, foursome, IV, Little Joe, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad.
2.
One of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy.  Synonym: quad.
3.
A set of four similar things considered as a unit.  Synonyms: quadruple, quartet, quartette.





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"Quadruplet" Quotes from Famous Books



... classes are arranged in pairs or fours, according to whether the system is four- or eight-class, the totems, on the other hand, are distributed phratry fashion; in other words, one group of totems belongs to each pair or quadruplet of classes. This divergent organisation of the classes (four or eight for the whole tribe) and totems (two groups for the whole tribe) can only be explained on the supposition that the phratry everywhere preceded ...
— Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia • Northcote W. Thomas


Words linked to "Quadruplet" :   sib, figure, digit, quad, set, sibling


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