noun
- six children born at the same birth
Examples
- The couple was shocked to learn they were expecting sextuplets.
- Caring for sextuplets requires tremendous planning and support.
- The hospital prepared a special team for the delivery of the sextuplets.
- All six sextuplets were born healthy and at good weights.
- The family received donations from the community to help with the sextuplets.
- Sextuplets are extremely rare, occurring in about one in 4.7 million births.