Ailsa-Cock
Fratercula arctica ; so called from its breeding about Ailsa Craig in the Frith of Clyde (C.D.).
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Fratercula arctica ; so called from its breeding about Ailsa Craig in the Frith of Clyde (C.D.). See Puffin.
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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