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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1803, 1891, 1943-1992
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MALLIMOKE, n. Also malle-, mal- (Sh. 1885 C. Swainson Brit. Birds 213); -mock (Ib.); -mauk (Sh. 1899 Evans & Buckley Fauna Shet. 210), -ma(c)k; -mot (Sh. 1932 J. Saxby Trad. Lore 198); -munk (Evans & Buckley); mellinock (St. Kilda 1814 Scots Mag. (Dec.) 912); mameluk. Curtailed forms mallie (Sc. 1905 A. R. Forbes Gaelic Names 320), maalie (Sh. 1955 L. Venables Birds, etc. 250, Sh. 1962). The fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis (Abd. 1846 W. Macgillivray Brit. Birds 260; Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl.; Abd.16 1938; Fif. 1949; I.Sc., Cai. 1962).Sc. 1803 Scots Mag. (April) 242:
Our sailors call them [fulmars] Mall-ducks, sometimes Mameluks.Sh. 1891 Zoologist (Ser. 3) XV. 133:
Mr. Scott told me that while Peter and I were up the stack a “Mallie” had been seen circling round it.Bch. 1943 W. S. Forsyth Guff o' Waur 55:
Tarrick, mallie or grey-wull.Ork. 1949 in E. Marwick Anthology Ork. Verse 131:
Climman amang the craigs Swappan the mallimaks.Sh. 1992 Bobby Tulloch A Guide to Shetland's Breeding Birds 22:
FULMAR
(Fulmaris glacialis)
shet: Maalie
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