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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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GALLY-FISH, n.comb. The char, Salvelinus alpinus.Knr. 1894 H. Haliburton Furth in Field 151:
In Lochleven to whose waters the char has been a stranger for now nearly sixty years, it used to be known as the “gally-fish”, or “gelly-troch”.
[For the first element see Gellytroch.]
