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单词 scouty-aulin
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scouty-aulinn.

Brit. /skuːtɪˈalᵻn/, U.S. /ˌskudiˈælən/, Scottish English /skutɪˈalᵻn/
Forms: 1700s scuti-allan, 1700s–1800s scouti-aulin, 1800s scoutiallin, scouty-, scootie-allan, scoute-, scouti-allen, scouty-aulin.
Etymology: apparently < *scouty, *scooty adjective ( < scout = scoot v.1 1) + aulin, allan, which is used separately as the name of the bird. Compare the synonymous dirty allan.
dialect. Scottish.
The Arctic Gull or Skua ( Stercorarius crepidatus, or richardsoni).
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1701 J. Brand Brief Descr. Orkney, Zetland There is a Fowl there called the Scutiallan, of a black colour, and as big as a Wild Duck.
a1795 G. Low Fauna Orcadensis (1813) 118 The Arctic Gull... Orc. Scouti-Aulin.
1852 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds V. 492 Lestris Richardsonii. Richardson's Skua... Scoute~allen.
1896 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. IV 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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