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Guernsey French/Dictionaries/Nature
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The Natural World
Caillebottin - mackeral sky
Etelle du Nord - the pole star
Plants
Cossard - serrated wrack (fucus serratus)
Doque - dock leaf
Guernesiaise - Guernsey Lily (Nerine sarniensis)
Gênet - Butchers Broom (Ruscus aculeatus)
Ivraye - pod weed (halydris siliquosa)
Passe rose - hollyhock (alcea)
Birds
cahouan, cahan, m. - owl
hublot, ublot, n. - black backed gull
mesle/meslaësse, m/f - blackbird
prie dieu - part of the song thrush's melody
Working Animals
Oxen
bœu, m. - ox (higher parishes)
bœuf, m. - ox (lower parishes)
des bœux, pl.
Sources
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