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centuplets

centuplets is the plural of centuplet.

Meaning of centuplet

Noun

centuplet (plural centuplets)

  1. Synonym of hundred: A group of 100.
    Synonyms:
    hundred
  2. One of a group of 100, particularly one of 100 babies born at the same time, from the same egg, or from the same DNA.
    • The egg of a chalcid wasp can perform even more impressively; it can keep splitting until it gives birth to centuplets — but not like the artificially induced bovine centuplets of Dr. Hafez. His are all separate individuals, ...1969, Albert Rosenfeld, The second genesis: the coming control of life, USA: Vintage Books

Questions about centuplets

What is centuplets the plural of?
Centuplets is the plural of centuplet.

Words near centuplets in the dictionary

  1. centumvirs
  2. centuple
  3. centupled
  4. centuples
  5. centuplet
  6. centuplets
  7. centuplicate
  8. centuplicated
  9. centuplicates
  10. centuplicating
  11. centuplication

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