decaplet

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative form of decuplet. alt-of,alternative
    — "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.

词形变化

decaplets plural

词源

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