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bucky

nounsea

large spiral-shelled sea snail

a big sea snail (whelk) commonly found on Shetland coasts.

Example in use

I fand a bonny bucky oan the strand

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/BUK-ee/

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Origin & context

scotscurrentneutral

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