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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1710

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†MAYOCK-FLEUCK, n.comb. Also -flook. The flounder, Platichthys flesus (Edb. 1811 Wernerian Soc. Trans. I. 536).Fif. 1710 R. Sibbald Fife & Knr. (1803) 120:
The Mayock Flook, of the same size with the former, without spots.

[Orig. doubtful. Appar. a dim. form, ? from May, the month, (cf. May-skate s.v. Mey) or the Isle of May in the Forth estuary.]

Mayock-fleuck n. comb.

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