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Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
ruacan m (genitive singular ruacain, nominative plural ruacain)
- cockle (bivalve)
- Synonyms: gruán, sruán
Declension
Further reading
- “ruacan”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ruacán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 580
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ruacan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN