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Whelk. 
Common Whelk (faechan eorin) i^aoCati MfAAuin (3), pAOJ^x)^ 
i-AttAinn (3), fc^i^in (3). 
Dog Whelk (faechog chapil) pAocio^ e^pAitl (7). 
Winkle (see Periwinkle). 
Wire-worm (see Worm). 
Wood-louse, Wall-louse or Slater (kjren-ve^l). 
ctvin-rhiot (7), mioL 6oille (6), miotO^i^Ainn (6), trnotA c|\ionrA 
(Conn. 7 plural), miot b^llA (6), \^qax>aw (7), fclAuui"6e (7). 
Worm (kriv). 
There is no distinct word in Irish denoting Worm. All ti e 
words used are also applicable to other animals, such as mites, 
caterpillars, reptiles, insects. 
C|Miini (7), cnun'i (6), c 111111605 (^)' t)|AAc65 (6), h^ACZAt> (6), 
•OA|\b (6), ci\um (6, 7), biAfoo^ (6), bu\f (6), biAfD (6). 
Earthworm (kadjog) — c^roeoj; (6). 
Large Earthworm (kaljach na vjla) cAiileAC riA bpie^t) (7). 
Fleshworm (falan) — peAtAn (6). 
Glowworm (see Glowworm). 
Lugworm (log) — 105 (7). 
Maw-worm or Stomach-worm (meal gailja) — tniol jdile (6), 
miot 5oae (7). 
Wireworm (sec Beetle). 
Tapeworm (gjarobachan) — 5eA|\|Abo(^.An (6), xiAtAx; (Scotch- 
Gaelic) (6). 
BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
1. O'DoNNELL, Pat. — Irish names of Sea Fish. Gaelic Journal, vo]. x ., 
1899, p. 30. 
2. Lynch, D. — Names of Birds and Plants. Gaelic Journal, vol. x , 
1899, p. 31. 
3. CoLGAN, N. — MS. Notes of Gaelic Animal names, also Gaelic Plart 
and Animal names. Clare Island Survey. Proc. R. Irish Acad., 
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