Scottish Gaelic word

cù-donn

otter

noun

cù-donn means “otter” in Scottish Gaelic and is used as a noun.

Mutation forms

Mutation	Form
Base form	cù-donn
Sèimheachadh	chù-donn

balgair-dubh, biast-dubh, cù-donn, dobhar-chù, dobhran, dobhran-donn, madadh-donn, madadh-uisge (Lutra lutra)

Animals

adharc

horn (growth on an animal's head)

beach

bee

beathach

beast, brute, animal

bradan

salmon

buaile

enclosure, fold, sheepfold, pen (animal enclosure, particularly for sheep or cattle)

bò

cow

caora

sheep

cat

cat (Felis catus)

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