achtling

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Dutch

Etymology

From acht (eight) +‎ -ling, modeled after tweeling.

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Noun

achtling m (plural achtlingen, diminutive achtlingetje n)

  1. octuplet; one of a group of eight babies born from the same mother during the same birth