(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:38:08

Re"quin (r?"kw?n), n. [F., fr. reqiem a Mass sung for the dead. See Requiem.] Zool.

The man-eater, or white shark (Carcharodon carcharias); -- so called on account of its causing requiems to be sung.

 

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