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requin

/ˈɹi.kwɪn/ US

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Borrowed from French requin (“shark”).

noun requins

dated The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias). The big gullet of the requin shark, for example, could do so. It has been killed with men inside whole.

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@misc{requin_2026,
  title = {requin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/requin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}