whilkn.
/hwɪlk/ Local name for the scoter, a species of wild duck.In later books.
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a1705 J. Ray Synopsis Avium & Piscium (1713) i. 138 Anser maximus niger, The Whilk dictus, ineunte Bruma primum adveniens.
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