Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Requin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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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