Meaning

2 senses

  1. (informal)A quintuplet.

  2. A European scallop, Pecten opercularis, used as food.

More definitions
  • one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy

Forms

plural: quins
Singularquin
Pluralquins

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
quint
Close in meaning
  • one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy:quintupletquint

Word family

1 related words
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neighbours in the dictionary
quillquiltquincequininequinoa
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