cailleach-dhubh

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

cailleach dhubh f (genitive singular cailliche-duibhe, plural cailleachan-dubha)

  1. nun
  2. common shag, European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cailleach-dhubh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN