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Quin

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n. A European scallop, Pecten opercularis, used as food.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A European scallop (Pecten opercularis), used as food.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A kind of scallop or pecten. Also queen, squin.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy

Word Usage

"Scribes quite often alter such lines so as to remove the spondaic word from coinciding with the fourth foot; an instance of this can be seen at line 7 'non potuit mea mens quin esset grata teneri', where _H_ offers the scribal alteration _esset quin_."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

sib sibling

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Allin Atkin Begin Berlin Boleyn Bryn Chin Finn Flynn Gwyn

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

quoniam igitur quidem ubi enim equidem ego nunc nisi neque