Fourling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fourling is a noun meaning (crystallography) A compound or twin crystal consisting of four individuals.
Meaning
(crystallography) A compound or twin crystal consisting of four individuals.
More Meanings
- (obsolete, rare) One of four children born at the same birth; a quadruplet.
Example Sentences
Every 67th lying-in woman has twins, every 5333rd has trillings, and only every 150,000th has fourlings.
this breed is prominent for its remarkable fecundity and yield of milk; as a rule, this goat litters once a year and drops 2 kids; occasionally trillings and fourlings.
Word Forms
- fourlings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include quadruplet, quad, quintuplet, trilling, quartole, octuplet.
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