selkie

[ sil-kee ]

nounScot.
  1. a mythical creature that looks like a seal in water but assumes human form on land.

Origin of selkie

1
First recorded in 1685–95; Scots dialect (Orkney and Shetland Islands) variant of seal2
  • Sometimes sil·kie .
  • Rarely seal·chie .

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British Dictionary definitions for selkie

selkie

/ (ˈsɛlkɪ) /


noun
  1. Scot a variant of silkie

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