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schelly

schelly noun: a fish, the powan (Coregonus clupeoides).

Noun

schelly (plural schellies)

  1. (Scotland) A fish, the powan (Coregonus clupeoides).
  2. A similar fish, Coregonus stigmaticus

Forms of schelly

pluralschellies

Questions about schelly

What does schelly mean?
Schelly means a fish, the powan (Coregonus clupeoides).
What part of speech is schelly?
Schelly is a noun.
What is the plural of schelly?
The plural of schelly is schellies.

Words near schelly in the dictionary

  1. Schellpfeffer
  2. Schellpfeffers
  3. schellum
  4. schellums
  5. Schellville
  6. schelly
  7. schelm
  8. schelms
  9. scheltopusik
  10. scheltopusiks
  11. schema

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