silkie man

Scots

Alternative forms

selkie man

Etymology

selkie (“grey seal, common seal”) +‎ man (“man”)

Noun

silkie man (plural silkie men)

a male selkie; a kind of merman

Synonyms

(female selkie): selkie-wife

Further reading

“Selch” in Dictionary of the Scots Language, Scottish Language Dictionaries, Edinburgh

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