selkie
[ sil-kee ]
nounScot.
a mythical creature that looks like a seal in water but assumes human form on land.
Origin of selkie
1First recorded in 1685–95; Scots dialect (Orkney and Shetland Islands) variant of seal2
- Sometimes sil·kie .
- Rarely seal·chie .
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How to use selkie in a sentence
In Shetland it is the “haff-fish,” or selkie, a fallen spirit.
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British Dictionary definitions for selkie
selkie
/ (ˈsɛlkɪ) /
noun
Scot a variant of silkie
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