triplets
Born at once
Triplets are three offspring born from the same pregnancy.
The term extends to any group of three similar or connected things: three identical items, three notes played in the time of two, or three successive lines of verse.
The triplets were born two minutes apart.
She played the triplets with perfect evenness.
Group of three
- threesomeGroup of three together
- trinityUnified set of three
- troikaSet of three, Russian-derived
- triptychArt in three panels
trilogy · tercet · treble · ternary · triangle · tripod · trilateral · tricolor
Siblings born simultaneously
- quadrupletsFour simultaneous births
- quintupletsFive offspring, one birth
- sextupletsSix offspring born together
- septupletsSeven offspring born together
octuplets · singleton · fertility · IVF · conception · rarity · birthrate · statistics
Conveyance of goods
- gestationCarrying offspring in womb
- maternityState of being pregnant
- neonatalOf earliest infancy
- newbornInfant just delivered
infant · labor · midwife · obstetrician · cesarean · pregnancy · ultrasound · contractions
Fellow offspring
- brothersMale children of same parents
- sistersFemale kin or nuns
- kinshipState of being related
- offspringBiological descendants produced
progeny · relatives · brood · clan · household · bloodline · parentage · descendants
From one fertilized egg
- cloneGenetically identical organism
- indistinguishableImpossible to tell apart
- matchingIdentical in appearance
- alikeSharing key features
lookalikes · genetics · DNA · splitting · embryo · placenta · twinning · carbon-copy
From two separate eggs
- siblingsFellow offspring
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
- eggsReproductive cells in shells
- embryosEarliest developmental organisms
genetics · placentas · dissimilar · individuals · personalities
trio
Group of three
triptych · trilogy · tercet · treble · ternary · triangle · tripod · trilateral · tricolor · trifecta
twins
Siblings born simultaneously
- quadrupletsFour simultaneous births
- quintupletsFive offspring, one birth
- sextupletsSix offspring born together
septuplets · octuplets · singleton · fertility · IVF · conception · rarity · birthrate · statistics
delivery
Conveyance of goods
newborn · infant · labor · midwife · obstetrician · cesarean · pregnancy · ultrasound · contractions · epidural
siblings
Fellow offspring
offspring · progeny · relatives · brood · clan · household · bloodline · parentage · descendants · lineage
monozygotic
From one fertilized egg
- cloneGenetically identical organism
- indistinguishableImpossible to tell apart
- matchingIdentical in appearance
alike · lookalikes · genetics · DNA · splitting · embryo · placenta · twinning · carbon-copy
dizygotic
From two separate eggs
- siblingsFellow offspring
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
- eggsReproductive cells in shells
embryos · genetics · placentas · dissimilar · individuals · personalities
tripletssingleton
Only member present
only child · twins · doublets · quadruplets · quintuplets
tripletssingleton
Only member present
solo · individual · single child · one · solitary
- triple dog dareHighest level schoolyard provocation
- triple threatPerformer with three skills
- triple ABest bond rating
- triple whammyThree simultaneous setbacks
- triple checkThree confirmations of accuracy
- triple playThree outs, one action