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quin
UK /kwɪn/ US /kwɪn/
noun 2name 2
Definitions
noun
1
A quintuplet.
noun
1
A European scallop, Pecten opercularis, used as food.
Similarly the stocks of the free-living scallops and quins, which are caught by trawling, are threatened by over-fishing to supply the market for canned or frozen luxury sea-foods.
name
1
A surname.
2
A village in County Clare, Ireland, south-east of Ennis (Irish grid ref R 4174).
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