Meaning of Quin | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
2. A quintuplet.
   informal
3. A European scallop, Pecten opercularis, used as food.
4. A village in County Clare, Ireland, south-east of Ennis (Irish grid ref R 4174).
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“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.”

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