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decaplet en · NOUN

Etymology

From deca- (“ten”) + -ple (“multiply”) + -et (diminutive suffix); in ignorance of existence of decuplet.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of decuplet.
   alt of decuplet
   • There have been three cases reported of decaplets - multiple births of 10 children. 1989 July 30, “For the Record”, in Chicago Sun-Times, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2016, page 4:
   • "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. 1956, Peter Fleming, My Aunt's Rhinoceros, and Other Reflections, page 78:

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