Decaplet
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Decaplet is a noun meaning Alternative form of decuplet.
Meaning
Alternative form of decuplet.
Example Sentences
There have been three cases reported of decaplets - multiple births of 10 children.
"Medical opinion is that reported instances of multiple [human] births in excess of seven must be looked on with great suspicion," they write sternly; yet they do not deny us a somehow tantalizing glimpse of Ann Birch who, in 1781, is alleged to have produced decaplets of whom one girl survived to marry a Mr. Platt of Leeds.
Word Forms
- decaplets
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include decuplet, dodecuplet, octuplet, quadruplet, quintuplet, septuplet.
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