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

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Taifean, a seal.
Tain, tan, cattle, cows, drove,
flock or herd of cattle.
Tainte, cattle taken as booty or
spoil.
Tairbhean, a bull-calf (Ir. tair-
bin, toirbin).
Tallan, a hind.
Tamhaidh, a cow that stands,
gentle.
Tarbh, a bull (tarb. Old Ir.).
Tarbh-boidhrk, a bull demon
(fabulous).
Tarbh-coill, a monster (fabu-
lous).
Tarbh-tana, a parish, district, or
herd bull.
Tarbh-uisge, the water-bull
(fabulous).
Tarlaideach, a working-horse.
Tast, a reindeer.
Tearc, a cow.
Teinecreasadh, a ferret.
TiGEAR, tiogair, a tiger.
TiRiCH, the horse that walks on
or next the unploughed land.
Tlachd or tlath-mhuc, a fat hog.
Tlas, tlus, cattle.
TocHRA, a small pig.
ToLAiR, a hound, fox-hound.
Tor, a bull.
ToRADHAiR, torathair, torrthair,
a monster.
ToRC, a hog, brawn.
ToRCHos, a calf.
ToRCHos-BREiGE, a moou calf
(fabulous).
ToRC-NiMHE, a fierce or Avild
boar.
Treud, a drove, flock, herd of
animals.
Triath, a hog, sow, boar.
Troid-each, a war-horse.
Truitean, tuitean, a badger.
Truth, a vile beast ; a shrew.
TuAiGHE, a bull (farm).
Tulachan, tulagan, tulchan, an
imitation calf presented to a
cow to cause her to yield her
milk.
Tungarlagh, an old cow.
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Uagh or uamh-bheisd, a
monster (generally fabulous).
Uaghan, uan, uanan, etc., a
lamb.
Udlaiche, ullaiche, utlaiche, a
stag, old] hart ; an ass in its
fourth year.
UiLBH, a wolf (Suthd.).
UiLE-BHEisD, a beast monster.
UiLP, uilpean, uulp, a fox.
UiRCEANN, uircein, a pig, young
pig, pigling, grice.
Uirceann-garaidh, uircean-sona,
a hedgehog.
UmEACH, a mole.
UiR-FHAMH, uir-reathabh, reath-
abh or reothadh, a mole.
UiRiDH, a monster.
Ulaith-faol, a wolf.
Ulmhach, a wolf.
Uraisg, uruisg, a sprite, semi-
animal, said to haunt water-
falls (fabulous) ; a beai*.
Urbheisd, a monster.
Urc, a sow, a whale.
Urchallach, urchullach, a heifer
of a year and a half old.
Urrag, an urchin, a hedgehog.
Urs', ursa, a bear.
Ursag, a she-bear.
Ursan, male bear.
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Latin.