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supposed to be the young of a great grey trout weighing thirty 

 pounds. Gillaroo is merely gille ruadh, red boy. 

 Cho sona ri caimeach an sruth. 



As happy as a trout in a stream — Skye. 

 Cul-cinn a bhric dhuibh. 



Back of head of black trout. The choice part. 

 Fear beag dubh a mireag ris an t-sruth. Cha 'n 'eil an He 

 no'n Eirinn a leumas air a mhuin. 



A little black one playing with the stream. There's no one 

 in Isla or Ireland that will leap on his back. A trout. 

 Ni dubh-bhreac a' loch suain. 



The loch-trout sleeps, i.e., not lively like the burn or river 

 trout. 

 TUNNY (see Mackerel). 



TURBOT. — Bradan-brathainn, bradan-leathan, breac-ceannpac, 

 buddagh (Ir.) ; Leapag-brathainn, leathag-mara ; Pacach-cearr ; 

 Turbaid, turbuit. 



Bannock or bunnock-fleuk, barncock, birt, bradcock (young), 

 brat, breat, brett, bugatee, byrte-fish ; Gunner-fleuk or flook ; 

 Mill-fish ; Quern-shaped flounder ; Raan rannock rawn or roan- 

 fleuk or flook, rod, roddams, roddan-fluke, rowan ; Talbot, turbrat. 



From word signifying a rhomboid, from shape of this fish. 



The turbot used to be very plentiful off the coasts of the West 

 Highlands, if not so still, as at one time no less than 133 are 

 said to have been caught in one fishing near the island of Sanda. 



TUSK. — Tosg, torsg, traill, traille. 



Brismac, brismak (young) ; Catfish ; Hoe-tusk, huUcock ; 

 Olick ; Smooth-hound. 



The tusk is almost the size of a ling, brown and yellow, with a 

 broad tail. It is supposed in some places, Orkney for one, to be 

 a kind of cod ; the Gaelic name for cod, " trosg," bears this out 

 so far. 



URCHIN (see Sea.-urchin). 



VENDACE (see Guiniad). 



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WEEVER.— Tarbh-shiolag. 



Adder-pike ; Black-fin ; Common weever ; Otter-pike ; Poison- 



