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CARRACHAN
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Carrachax. carraii, the small
ano'ler or devil-fish, froo-fish,
"shoemaker/' "cobbler."
Carragan, a rock fish.
Carranachaich, the carp.
Cas-bhairneach, the limpet
(cuunea).
Cathan, the barnacle.
Cat-mhara, the catfish, sea-cat,
sea-devil, wolf-fish.
Cealt, the kelt.
Ceanxan-siolag, sand eel.
Ceanx-barr or barrach, the jack
fish, pike.
Ceann-dubh, dubhach or dubhag,
fresh water salmon.
Ceann-snaoth nan-iasg-, salmon.
Ceaxn-tromax, the gurnard.
C earbhanach, the mullet.
Ceideaxach, ceiteanach, coalfish
(young).
Ceitleag, the catfish.
Cileax, cilig, a large cod.
CioLACH, fish fry.
CiREix-cRoix, sea-serpent (fabu-
lous fish-monster).
Clab, clabaran, clab or clar-
cioch. cich or ciocharain, the
frog-fish, angler.
Clab-dubha or claba-dudaidh,
cockles, clams.
Cliamach, cliomach, the lobster.
Cliath, shoal of fish.
Cloidheag, cloimheag, cloitheag,
a small fish found under sea-
weed, etc. ; the pr.uvn, shrimp,
small lamprey.
Cnamh-rioxxach, cnaimh or crea-
rionnach, the horse mackerel,
bone mackerel.
CxoDAN, crodan, crudan, crunan,
etc., gurnard, gurnet (knowd).
Cxomhag, cnomhagag, cnom-
hagan, cnocag, cnogag, the
large whelk or wilk, peri-
winkle, buckie.
Codag, cudag, the haddock.
Cogarx, periwinkle (large).
CoinnEAX, the barnacle.
Coilleag, colliog, the cockle.
CoiLLE-BioXAX, sea animalculae.
Colagax, colgan, the salmon,
salmon trout.
CoLAMAiDH, colemie, the coal-
fish.
CoLAMom, the hake, haket.
CoxACHAG, the dog-whelk or
wilk.
CoNAN-MARA, the sea-urcliin or
hog, sea egg.
CoRACHSHUiL, corasliuil, a sole.
CoRRAX, corran-greusaiche, the
small catfish, angler, etc.
Craigeax, sea-serpent (fabulous).
Craimh-iasg, the cramp-fish,
torpedo.
Creach, creachag, creachag-
seisreach, creachan, the scal-
lopshell-fish, cockle ; large-
ribbed shellfish.
Creadhal, creathail, the lam-
prey.
Creagag, creagag-uisge, crei-
geag, the pei'ch, conger, a
rock-fish, wrasse.
CrRtv'rioxxach, horse or bone
mackerel.
Creathaill, the lamprey.
Crogax or cragan-feannaig, etc.,
the sea-urchin, echini ; large
periwuikle.
Crois-xa-tragha (trosda crad-
had), crosgag, the starfish.
C'rotax, croitean, crottan, the
gurnard,gurnet; hump-backed
one.
Crubag, cruban, the crab.
CuACH, the cockle.
CuAX-MARA, sea-urchin.
CuDAiG, cudaige, cudainn, cudan,
the cuddie, cuddy, young of
coal-fish, saithe, lythe, cod,
etc.
CuDAL, cuiteal, cuttle-fish.
CuiDEAG, cuiteag, the whiting.
CuLLACH, conger eel.