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ainbheach
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drone bee.
Location: South Uist, South Boisdale
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ainnlean
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[ɑ̃ĩlʹɑ̃ṉ] Notes: a bee.
Location: Sutherland, Embo
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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beach-dùn (m)
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a bee-hive.
Origin: [Strathglass]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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beachainn
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[bɛxĩnʹ] Notes: bee.
Location: Islay, Bowmore
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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beachan eirm
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bee hives.
Location: South Uist, Garrynamonie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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beachann
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bee.
Location: Argyll, Tarbert, Muasdale
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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blàrag
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a bee. (Tiree)
Location: Skye
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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bodach-ruadh
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smaller russet bumble bee – “féilegan”.
Location: Inverness
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ceasach beach (m)
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a bee-hive.
Origin: [Strathglass]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ceathdubhan
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a beast seen in autumn. Black and purple in appearance. Larger than a bee. Had a nest in hay ricks where it stored dead earwigs. [NOTES: note added – variant of ‘ceardubhan’.]
Location: South Uist, Kildonan
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ceàrdallan
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[cɑ:ʴsd̪əɫɑṉ] Note: a purplish black insect somewhat similar to a bee. Flies about emitting a “strann”. [NOTES: the turned r used for the symbol which is unclear in the original.]
Origin: Harris, Leverburgh
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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deilean
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bee. (Scalpay)
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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saoidhlean
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[s[ɤı]lɑ̃ṉ] Notes: bee.
Origin: Coigach
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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seilean
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[ʃelɑ̃nʹ] Notes: bee.
Location: Islay, Bowmore
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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seilean
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a bee.
Origin: Lochaber
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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seillean
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[ʃelʹɑ̃ṉ] Notes: honey bee.
Location: Ross-shire, Achnahaird
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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seillean
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Quotation: seillean dubh, seillean ruadh. Notes: two types of bee.
Location: Skye, Kyleakin
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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seillean
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[ʃɛ̜lʹ[ɑi]n] bee. [NOTES: slip not found.]
Origin: Kill-Fhinn
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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seillean ruadh
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[ʃɛ̜lʹ[ɑi]n] smaller than bumble. [NOTES: the slip has [ruˈa]. Definition: A bee smaller than the bumble bee but wasp like in its sting.]
Origin: Kill-Fhinn
Category: Crodh / Cattle
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seillean achaidh
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field bee.
Location: South Uist, South Boisdale
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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seillean dìomhain
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drone bee.
Location: South Uist, South Boisdale
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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seillean mór
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bumble bee.
Location: South Uist, South Boisdale
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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seillean-sgeip
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[ʃelɑṉsɡɛip] Notes: a bee.
Origin: Strontian
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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seillein
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[ʃelʹɛ̃nʹ] Notes: bee.
Location: Skye, Sleat, Calligary
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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soighlean
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[s[ɤı]lɑṉ] Notes: a bee.
Origin: Culkein
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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stob
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Quotation: Stob e mi. Notes: sting from bee, etc.
Origin: Drumguish, by Kingussie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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teilean
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[tʹelɑṉ] Note: bee. Sometimes “teilean-mil”.
Location: Lewis, Uig, Crowlista
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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teilein
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[tʹelɛ̃nʹ] Notes: bee.
Origin: North Uist
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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tìlleag
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[tʹĩ:lʹɑɡ] Notes: bee.
Location: Sutherland, Kinlochbervie, Oldshoremore
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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tìlleag (?)
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[tʹʃi:lʹɑɡ] Notes: a bee.
Location: Sutherland, Bettyhill, Swordly
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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uinnlean
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[ɤ̃ĩlʹɑṉ] Notes: bee. Cf. ainnlean – S. MacKay (Embo).
Location: Sutherland, Golspie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
