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quin

noun
/kwɪn/

Etymology

* Irish: variant of Quinn, from Irish Ó Coinn (“descendant of Chief”). * English (of Norman origin): nickname from Old French quin (“monkey”). * French: from a short form of Jaquin, pet form of Jacques, from Latin Iācōbus (English Jacob).

  1. derived from Iācōbus
  2. derived from quin — “monkey”

Definitions

  1. A quintuplet.

  2. 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.

  3. A surname.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A village in County Clare, Ireland, south-east of Ennis (Irish grid ref R 4174).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA