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Quin (noun) means a type of scallop found in European waters that people eat.

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A type of scallop found in European waters that people eat.

"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." — N. L. Tranter, Population since the industrial revolution (1973)

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