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Quintuplet vs Quin - What's the difference?

quintuplet | quin |

As nouns the difference between quintuplet and quin

is that quintuplet is one of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth while quin is a quintuplet.

quintuplet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth.
  • (music) A tuplet of five notes to be played in the time for four.

    • See also

    * twin (coefficient)

    quin

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A quintuplet.
    • Related terms
    * quad

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A European scallop, Pecten opercularis , used as food.
  • * 1973 , N. L. Tranter, Population since the industrial revolution (page 104)
    • Similarly the stocks of the free-living scallops and quins , which are caught by trawling, are threatened by over-fishing to supply the market for canned or frozen luxury sea-foods.
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