GAELIC-ENGLISH 



NAMES OF INSECTS AND REPTILES 



AiL-cuACH, lizard. 

 AiLSEAG, caterpillar. 

 AiNBHEACH, drone bee. 

 AiNLE, four-legged insect, said to 



have winged tail, living in 



trees, etc., green fly. 

 AiRC, aire-luachrach, lizard, 



bee. 

 AiTHiD, viper, snake, serpent, 



asp. 

 AiTHiDHEAN, any venomous 



creature. 

 AiTHiR, aithir-nimh, serpent. 

 Alt, alp, alpluach (Ir.), lizard. 

 Ama or Ana-bhiorach, centipede, 



small venomous insect. 

 Amadan-de or leithe, butterfly, 



flutterfly ; God's fool, grey 



fool. 

 Am-fear-nimh, serpent, the 



poisonous one. 

 Anaman-de, butterfly. 

 Aoilfegg (Ir.), aoilseag, cater- 

 pillar. 

 Arach, a dragon. 

 Arc, bee, wasp, lizard. 

 Arcan, arcan-luachrach, lizard, 



adder. 

 Arc-luachair, eft, newt, lizard. 

 Ard-fhear-nimh, ard-fhear-gion- 



ach, asp. 



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Arpag, snake, adder. 

 Art-luachra, a newt, etc. 

 Asc, asg. asp, aspic, asp, adder. 

 Athair-nei or nimh, serpent (lit. 

 father of poison). 



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Bai-bheisd or bhiast, toad. 



Baoit, baoiteag, boiteag, w^orm, 

 maggot, bait. 



Baoth-smuain, maggot. 



Beach, beathag, beathmhan, bee, 

 wasp, fly. 



Beachan-chapull, horse-fly or 

 wasp, hornet. 



Beach-each, horse-fly or wasp. 



Beach-mhor, hornet. 



Bealbhan ruadh, a frog. 



Beatha, serpent. 



Beathmhan, bee. 



Beisd-da-liunn, the tapeworm. 



Beisd-nimh, the scorpion. 



Beisteag, dung-beetle (lit. little 

 beast). 



Beithir, serpent, snake, viper, 

 adder. 



Biathainne, biathairne, earth- 

 worm, beetle. 



BlOR-BHUAFAN, toad. 



Bior-bhuasach or bhuasan, water 



serpent. 

 Blarag, large bee. 



