What term is used for three children born to the same mother at about the same time ?
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WHAT about four children ? five ??
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3 = triplets
4 = quadruplets
5 = quintuplets
6 = sextuplets
7 = septuplets
8 = octuplets
9 = nonuplets
10 = decaplets
11 = not sure
12 = not sure
13 = not sure
14 = not sure
15 = quindecaplets
multiple births:
twins
triplets
quadriplets
quintuplets
sextuplets
http://www.mostlymultiples.com/2007/01/types-of-multiple-births-terminology.html
Types of Multiple Births: Terminology
Monozygotic – multiple (typically two) foetuses produced by the splitting of a single zygote
Dizygotic – multiple (typically two) foetuses produced by two zygotes
Polyzygotic – multiple foetuses produced by two or more zygotes
Litter – the offspring produced by a multiple birth in non-human placentals
Terms used for the order of multiple births are largely derived from the Latin names for numbers.
Two offspring – twins
Three offspring – triplets
Four offspring – quadruplets
Five offspring – quintuplets
Six offspring – sextuplets
Seven offspring – septuplets
Eight offspring – octuplets
Nine offspring – nonuplets
Ten offspring – decaplets
Eleven offspring – undecaplets
Twelve offspring – duodecaplets
Thirteen offspring – tredecaplets
Fourteen offspring – quattuordecaplets
Fifteen offspring – quindecaplets
For five, quintiplets (spelling?)
For four…quartuplets? ( don’t know for that one…)
Quadruplets.
Quintuplets.
4=quadruplets
5=quintuplet’s
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