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scouty-aulin dial. Sc.|ˈskutɪˈɑlən|
Forms: 8 scuti-allan, 8–9 scouti-aulin, 9 scoutiallin, scouty-, scootie-allan, scoute-, scouti-allen, scouty-aulin.
[app. f. *scouty, *scooty adj. (f. scout = scoot v.1 1) + aulin, allan, which is used separately as the name of the bird. Cf. the synonymous dirty allan.]
The Arctic Gull or Skua (Stercorarius crepidatus, or richardsoni).
1701Brand Descr. Orkn. etc. (1703), There is a Fowl there called the Scutiallan, of a black colour, and as big as a Wild Duck. a1795G. Low Fauna Orcad. (1813) 118 The Arctic Gull... Orc. Scouti-Aulin. 1852Macgillivray Brit. Birds V. 492 Lestris Richardsonii. Richardson's Skua... Scoute⁓allen. 1896Newton Dict. Birds 870 It [Stercorarius crepidatus] is..the Shooi of the Shetlands, and the Scouti⁓allen of the fishermen of Orkney and on the east coast of Scotland. |