arrie

arrie

See also: arrié and arríe

English

Etymology

Ultimately onomatopoeic from the bird's cry, the name may have entered English via Russian; it is also used by the Aleuts.[1]

Noun

arrie (plural arries)

1. (Alaska) A murre or guillemot.
   • 1953, Ernest Thompson Seton, Lives of game animals: an account of those land animals ...:

     Now this pioneer naturalist goes on to tell us that the shell of the arrie's egg is of such remarkable strength, that it will stand rough handling that would in a moment destroy ordinary eggs;

References

1. Henry W. Elliott, A monograph of the Seal-Islands of Alaska (1882)

Anagrams

• Riera, airer, reair