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Definition: Requin
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.
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