the third payes for all: the triples sir , is a good tripping measure

A mother porcupine can give birth to between one and four porcupettes at one time.

To make one minim of thy poor handmaid

We have the villainous Borg of Star Trek: a hive mind of individuals robbed of their individuality, communicating with each other not by touch or even speech but by omnipresent computer networks.