calloo
UK/kəˈluː/
calloo noun: the long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis, an Arctic sea duck.
Noun
calloo (plural calloos)
- The long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis, an Arctic sea duck.
- This is how the luckless feel / how the calloos [translating allit] think— / like hard snow under a ridge / like water in a deep well.1989, Elias Lönnrot, translated by Keith Bosley, The Kalevala, section IV
- The Scots called it the ‘wild calloo’ from the unearthly call it had which seemed almost to bewitch fisher-folk hunting for herring in calm autumn nights off the Scottish Isles.2012 January 8, Richard Williamson, West Sussex Gazette
Forms of calloo
| plural | calloos |
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Origin of calloo
Imitative of its call.
Questions about calloo
- What does calloo mean?
- Calloo means the long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis, an Arctic sea duck.
- What part of speech is calloo?
- Calloo is a noun.
- How do you pronounce calloo?
- Calloo is pronounced /kəˈluː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of calloo?
- The plural of calloo is calloos.
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