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eligug

eligug noun: a type of auk.

Noun

eligug (plural eligugs)

  1. (obsolete) A type of auk.
    • The eligug lays but one egg, which, as well as those of the puffin and razor-bill, is as big as a duck's, but longer and smaller at one end. She never leaves this egg till it is hatched, nor then till the young one is able to follow her, and she is all this time fed by the male.1769, “Pembrokeshire”, in A Description of England and Wales, page 267

Forms of eligug

pluraleligugs

Questions about eligug

What does eligug mean?
Eligug means a type of auk.
What part of speech is eligug?
Eligug is a noun.
What is the plural of eligug?
The plural of eligug is eligugs.

Words near eligug in the dictionary

  1. eligibles
  2. eligibly
  3. eliglustat
  4. Eligon
  5. Eligons
  6. eligug
  7. Elihu
  8. Elijah
  9. Elijah chair
  10. Elijah chairs
  11. Elijah seat

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