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pictarne Sc. ? Obs.
Also 9 pickietar.
[Of uncertain origin: but cf. pickmaw and tern.]
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1710Sibbald Hist. Fife ii. iii. 46 Hirundo Marina, Sterna Turneri: Our People call it the Pictarne. 1771Pennant Tour Scotl. in 1769. 65 Great Terns, called here Pictarnes. 1851T. Edwards in Zoologist IX. 3080, I observed several parties of pickietars busily employed in fishing in the Firth. |