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calloo

Noun CEFR B1
kəˈluː

Definitions

The long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis, an Arctic sea duck.

Scotland

Examples

“This is how the luckless feel⟳ / how the calloos [translating allit] think⟳— / like⟳ hard snow⟳ under a ridge / like⟳ water in a deep well.”
“The Scots called it the ‘wild calloo’ from the unearthly call⟳ it had which seemed almost to bewitch fisher-folk hunting for herring in calm autumn nights off the Scottish Isles.”

CEFR level

B1
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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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