selch

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English seolh, from Proto-Germanic *selhaz (compare North Frisian selich, Middle Low German sēl, Middle Dutch seel, Old High German selah, Old Norse selr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛlx/

Noun

selch (plural selchs)

  1. grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)
  2. common seal (Phoca vitulina)

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