centuplet

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centuplet

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From centuple + -et, q.v.

noun centuplets

Synonym of hundred: A group of 100.
Similar: hundred
One of a group of 100, particularly one of 100 babies born at the same time, from the same egg, or from the same DNA. The egg of a chalcid wasp can perform even more impressively; it can keep splitting until it gives birth to centuplets — but not like the artificially induced bovine centuplets of Dr. Hafez. His are all separate individuals, ...

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@misc{centuplet_2026,
  title = {centuplet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/centuplet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}