Quin

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A kind of scallop or pecten. Also queen, squin.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A European scallop (Pecten opercularis), used as food.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A European scallop, Pecten opercularis, used as food.
  • noun. A quintuplet.
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  • noun. 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  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Ea  ITA  aliud  dubium  eam