cailleach-dhubh

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]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN