Selkie

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A seal which can magically transform into a human by shedding its skin.
  2. 2
    A common, harbor seal (Phoca vitulina), or grey seal (Halichoerus grypus). Scotland, Shetland

Example

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"You shouldn't talk about your friends behind their selkie."

Etymology

From Scots selkie fowk (“seal folk”).

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