Calloo
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kəˈluː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Calloo is a noun meaning (chiefly Scotland) The long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis, an Arctic sea duck.
Meaning
(chiefly Scotland) The long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis, an Arctic sea duck.
Example Sentences
This is how the luckless feel / how the calloos [translating allit] think— / like hard snow under a ridge / like water in a deep well.
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.
Word Forms
- calloos
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include oldsquaw, sheldduck, bargoose, shellduck, seaduck, loggerhead.
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