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pirr-maw|ˈpɜːmɔː| Also 8–9 pyr-, 9 purre-. [f. pirr n.2 + maw n.3] A local name of the Common Tern (Sterna fluviatilis) and of the Roseate Tern (S. dougalli).
1744C. Smith County Down 131 Sea Fowl, as the Gull and Pyrmaw, who build in the Rocks. 1880Antrim & Down Gloss., Pirre-maw, the tern. Ibid., Pyrmaw, a sea bird, probably the tern or ‘purre’. 1885Swainson Prov. Names Brit. Birds 203 Roseate tern,..Purre maw (Carrickfergus). From their hoarse cry. |