Definition of tystie in English:
tystie
nounPlural tysties ˈtiːstiˈtʌɪsti
Scottish another term for black guillemot
Example sentencesExamples
- Scapa Beach has been particularly badly affected, with over 200 guillemots found as well as puffins, razorbills and tysties.
- Male and female tysties look alike throughout the year.
- As well as many types of gull you will see eider ducks, mergansers, black guillemots (known as tysties in Orkney) shags and cormorants.
- One of the advantages of fishing close to the nest location is that tysties can afford to have two eggs.
- Walk along the edge opposite the stacks, looking for shags, tysties, eider ducks, grey seals.
- I had the delightful privilege at lunchtime to watch the most charming little birdies on the sea - black guillemots or tysties.
- But what I did get was a superb sighting of four tysties, sitting on a ledge just a few yards away from me.
Origin
Late 18th century: of Norse origin.