Quin

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪn

Full definition of quin

Noun

1. (informal) A quintuplet.

Related terms

• quad

Noun

1. A European scallop, Pecten opercularis, used as food.
• 1973, N. L. Tranter, Population since the industrial revolution (page 104)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.----