"calloo" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kəˈluː/ [UK] Forms: calloos [plural]
Etymology: Imitative of its call. Head templates: {{en-noun}} calloo (plural calloos)
  1. (chiefly Scotland) The long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis, an Arctic sea duck. Tags: Scotland Categories (lifeform): Ducks

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1989, Elias Lönnrot, translated by Keith Bosley, The Kalevala, section IV",
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