selkie-wife

Scots

Alternative forms

  • selkie wife

Etymology

selkie (“grey seal, common seal”) +‎ wife (“woman; wife”)

Noun

selkie-wife (plural selkie-wifes)

  1. a female selkie; mermaid

Further reading

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