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calloo|kəˈluː|
Also calaw, callow.
A species of Arctic duck, Anas (Fuligula, Harelda) glacialis, called also Long-tailed or Long-keeled Duck, a winter visitor to Orkney and Shetland.
1792Statist. Acc. Scotl. V. 189 Lyres, calloos, wildgeese. Ibid. VII. 546 The calaw. 1806Neill Tour Orkney & Shetl. 79 (Jam.) The calloo—named from its evening call, which resembles the sound calloo, calloo, arrives from the arctic regions in autumn, and spends the winter here. |