calloo

English

Imitative of its call.

calloo (plural calloos)

(chiefly Scotland) The long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis, an Arctic sea duck.
- 1989, Keith Bosley, translating Elias Lönnrot, The Kalevala, IV:
  This is how the luckless feel / how the calloos [translating allit] think— / like hard snow under a ridge / like water in a deep well.
- 2012, Richard Williamson, West Sussex Gazette, 8 Jan 2012:
  The Scots called it the ‘wild calloo’ from the unearthly call it had which seemed almost to bewitch fisher-folk hunting for herring in calm autumn nights off the Scottish Isles.

long-tailed duck — see long-tailed duck

单词	calloo
释义	calloo English Etymology Imitative of its call. Pronunciation (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈluː/ Noun calloo (plural calloos) (chiefly Scotland) The long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis, an Arctic sea duck. 1989, Keith Bosley, translating Elias Lönnrot, The Kalevala, IV: This is how the luckless feel / how the calloos [translating allit] think— / like hard snow under a ridge / like water in a deep well. 2012, Richard Williamson, West Sussex Gazette, 8 Jan 2012: The Scots called it the ‘wild calloo’ from the unearthly call it had which seemed almost to bewitch fisher-folk hunting for herring in calm autumn nights off the Scottish Isles. Translations long-tailed duck — see long-tailed duck Anagrams alcool
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