arrie

See also: arrié and arríe

English

Etymology

Ultimately onomatopoeic from the bird's cry, the name may have entered English via Russian; it is also used by the Aleuts.[1]

Noun

arrie (plural arries)

  1. (Alaska) A murre or guillemot.
    • 1953, Ernest Thompson Seton, Lives of game animals: an account of those land animals ...:
      Now this pioneer naturalist goes on to tell us that the shell of the arrie's egg is of such remarkable strength, that it will stand rough handling that would in a moment destroy ordinary eggs;

References

  1. Henry W. Elliott, A monograph of the Seal-Islands of Alaska (1882)

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Scots

Noun

arrie (plural arries)

  1. (obsolescent) Alternative form of airie

References

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