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  1. triplets

    A multiple birth is the culmination of one multiple pregnancy, wherein the mother gives birth to two or more babies. A term most applicable to vertebrate species, multiple births occur in most kinds of mammals, with varying frequencies. Such births are often named according to the number of offspring, as in twins and triplets. In non-humans, the whole group may also be referred to as a litter, and multiple births may be more common than single births. Multiple births in humans are the exception and can be exceptionally rare in the largest mammals. A multiple pregnancy may be the result of the fertilization of a single egg that then splits to create identical fetuses, or it may be the result of the fertilization of multiple eggs that create fraternal ("non-identical") fetuses, or it may be a combination of these factors. A multiple pregnancy from a single zygote is called monozygotic, from two zygotes is called dizygotic, or from three or more zygotes is called polyzygotic. Similarly, the siblings themselves from a multiple birth may be referred to as monozygotic if they are identical or as dizygotic (in cases of twins) or polyzygotic (for three or more siblings) if they are fraternal, i.e., non-identical. Each fertilized ovum (zygote) may produce a single embryo, or it may split into two or more embryos, each carrying the same genetic material. Fetuses resulting from different zygotes are called fraternal and share only 50% of their genetic material, as ordinary full siblings from separate births do. Fetuses resulting from the same zygote share 100% of their genetic material and hence are called identical. Identical twins are always the same sex.

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  1. Triplets

    Three individuals derived from three FETUSES that were fertilized at or about the same time, developed in the UTERUS simultaneously, and born to the same mother.

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  1. pretilts

  2. splitter

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of triplets in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of triplets in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of triplets in a Sentence

  1. Zumreta Hodzic:

    I remember the years when nearly each class in the school had twins; there were also triplets.

  2. Congressman Mulvaney:

    Should either of these people be, be a role model for my 16-year-old triplets ? No, in an ordinary universe, would both of these people's past activities disqualify them for serving for office ? Yes. But that's not the world we live in today. The world we live in today, it's either him or her and for me that's still an easy choice.

  3. Janis Brett Elspas:

    We really didn't worry that something would go wrong ... because he has proven how responsible he is, unfortunately, I can't say the same about our triplets, now 17, who we have deemed not to be mature enough to be left alone overnight, much less for a week while we travel abroad because they tend to be unintentionally careless.

  4. Savitri Kumar:

    This is the very first set of identical triplets I have ever seen.

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