REQUIN
Source: 567
Re″quin (r?″kw?n), n. [[F., fr. reqiem a Mass sung for the dead. See Requiem.]] (Zoöl.) The man-eater, or white shark (Carcharodon carcharias); — so called on account of its causing requiems to be sung.
Source: 567
Re″quin (r?″kw?n), n. [[F., fr. reqiem a Mass sung for the dead. See Requiem.]] (Zoöl.) The man-eater, or white shark (Carcharodon carcharias); — so called on account of its causing requiems to be sung.