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sylkie

nounanimals

seal; marine mammal, sometimes selkie

A seal — the marine mammal common around Shetland; sometimes used to mean a selkie (the folkloric seal-person).

Example in use

I seen a sylkie doon by da voe

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/SIL-kee/

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Origin & context

scotscurrentneutral

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