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Requin

Re"quin\ (r?"kw?n), n. [F., fr. reqiem a Mass sung for the dead. See Requiem.] (Zo["o]l.) The man-eater, or white shark (Carcharodon carcharias); -- so called on account of its causing requiems to be sung.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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