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GAELIC-ENGLISH 

 NAMES OF FISHES 



Adag, the haddock. 

 Aesc, a fish (Ir.). 

 AicHEAN, the cockle. 

 AiLLiUBHAR, ailliubhus, the 



salmon. 

 Ala, the trout ; " speckled one." 

 Allabus, the salmon ; great 



salmon. 

 As-CHU, an eel (conger). 



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Bainteag, a small clam. 

 Bairneach, bairneag, bearnach, 



barnuigh (Arran), the limpet, 



cunner, barnacle. 

 Bairneag-cathan or coidhean, 



the barnacle or bernicle 



limpet, whence a goose is 



supposed to come. 

 Ballach, ballach-muir, a rock 



fish. 

 Balloch, shellfish. 

 Balloisgteach, the lobster. 

 Banag, sea trout ; a grilse, young 



salmon. 

 Bean-iasg, a female or spawning 



fish. 

 Bearach, beerach, the dogfish, 



pricked or prickled. 

 Beidheidh or beididh, the lam- 

 prey. 



Beilgeag, a small trout. 



Beithir, a huge skate. 



Beothachan, beothaichean, jelly- 

 fish, medusae. 



BiAGAisH, the dogfish. 



Biathainn-traghaid, lob or lug- 

 worm. 



Bior or biorag-lodain or lodainn, 

 the bandstickle, banstickle, 

 handstickle. 



BioRACH, the dogfish, spined. 



Bioran-deamhnuidh, the min- 

 now. 



BioRASG, bait, shellfish. 



BioR-BHUASACH, bhuafau or 

 bhusan, the water-serpent ; 

 conger eel. 



BioR-iASG, a prickly fish, sword- 

 fish. 



Bladmall, blad-mhial or mhiol, 

 bledmall, bledmhial or mhiol, 

 a sea monster. 



Blaghan, blaoghan, blocan, the 

 whiting, whiting-pollack, or 

 pollack. 



Blalaoghan, the wrasse. 



Blaosgan, shellfish. 



Boc-GLAs, a large dogfish ; shark. 



BoDACH, bodach-ruadh, the cod- 

 fish, codling, rock-cod. 



BoD-DUBH-MHUSGAiN, the black- 

 skinned spoutfish or gaper; 

 hosefish. 



