Blair Collection > Gaelic names of beasts (mammalia), birds, fishes, insects, reptiles, etc

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Prasgan, a small flock of animals.
Procach, one-year-old stag.
PuRRAGHLAis, a term for a cat.
Pus, a cat.
Putan, young animal.
PuTHAG, a porpoise, a grampus.
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Rabaid, a rabbit.
Rache, scent-hound.
Radan, rodan, a rat.
Radan Armenianach,the ermine.
Radan-dubh, black rat, not
Hanoverian.
Radan-uir, a mole.
Radan-uisge, the craber or
water-rat.
Radmuinn, a fox.
Rainche, a fox.
Raisean, a goat.
Raitch, raitche, ratche, rotch,
a female dog, a bitch.
Raoine, a young barren cow.
Rap, rob, rop, any creature that
digs for its food, or that draws
its food towards it, as cows.
Ras, raismhaol, a sea-calf, seal.
Readh, readhag, a mad bull
or ox.
Reang, a hare.
Reasuall, a whale.
Reath, reatha, reithe, a ram.
Reidhneach, a barren cow
(Suthd.).
RiBHiNN-cHRO, a barren ewe.
RiGE, a^semi-castrated ram.
RiNCHE, a cat, kitten.
RocHNAiDH, a whale.
Ron, ron-mulach, or nuillach, a
seal, sea-calf.
RoRcuAL, rorual, a whale
(rorqual ?).
RuADH, ruadhag, a deer, hind,
roe.
RuADH-BHoc, a roebuck, russet
buck.
Rue, ruchd, rucht, a sow, pig.
RuDA, a ram or tup.
RuiG, ruige, ruta, a semi-cas-
trated ram or other male
animal, a ridgeling.
RusTAG, a bear.
RuTHA, a hedgehog.
Sabhairle, sabhan, a cur,
mastiff.
Sagh, saghain, saigh, saith, sam-
han, a female dog, a bitch ;
a horse.
SAGn'icTmE, a she-wolf.
Sailetheach, a hind.
Samh, a pig.
Saoi, saoidh, a mare (Suthd.).
Saoth-diiamh, a laboui'ing ox.
Sath, cattle, drove.
ScoTAN, scothan, small flock of
sheep.
ScuiTHE, a pig.
Seachbha, seachbho, seachlach,
seachlaogach, seagaid, a bar-
ren cow or heifer.
Sead, seada, deer.
Seafaid, a heifer.
Seaghach, a he-goat.
Sealanach, starveling animal.
Sealbh, sealbhan, a herd, drove,
number of cattle ; a tocher or
possession of cattle.
Sealtaidh, a Highland pony
(sheltie).
Seamlach, a cow that gives or
yields her milk without her
calf beside her.
Seang, a roebuck, deer (lit. a
slim one).
Seannachan, a young or little
fox.
Searbhos, searbo, searbos, serbo,
a deer, roe, stag.
Searg, seargan, a worthless
animal.