skittyn.
dialect.
The moorhen.
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moorhena1350
water henc1520
moat-hen1544
moor coot?1606
mud hen1611
marsh hen1709
heath-game1711
stank-hen1766
clapper rail1813
skitty1813
kitty-coot1885
1813 G. Montagu Suppl. Ornithol. Dict. at Gallinule—Spotted Skitty, Spotted Rail, or Lesser spotted Water-Rail.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Skitty, the moor-hen.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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