Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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†KAMLECK, n. The long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis.Rs. 1867 Zoologist II. 674:
These birds, I hear, frequent the Firth every winter during hard weather, the inhabitants being quite familiar with them and calling them “Kamleck's.”
