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Requiem 
  n 
1  (R.C. Church) a Mass celebrated for the dead 
2 a musical setting of this Mass 
3 any piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person or persons 
  (C14: from Latin requies rest, from the opening of the introit, Requiem aeternam dona eis Rest eternal grant unto them) 

requiem shark 
  n any shark of the family Carcharhinidae, occurring mostly in tropical seas and characterized by a nictitating membrane and a heterocercal tail. The family includes the tiger shark and the soupfin 
  (C17: French requiem probably assimilated from a native name) 

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