ruid-ghuilbneach n.m.

[Uncertain + guilbneach, guilbearnach n.]

forms

singular

nominative

a1899
Carmina Gadelica VI (1971) 71 Ruid-ghuilbneach.
1905
Gaelic Names of Beasts 35 Roid or ruid-ghuilbneach.

senses

1. The whimbrel, a whimbrel. See also far-ghuilbneach n., leth-ghuilbneach n.
- a1899
  Carmina Gadelica VI (1971) 71
  Far-ghuilbneach. ‘False curlew’, whimbrel, also ruid-ghuilbneach and ian Bealltain.
2. The bar-tailed godwit, a bar-tailed godwit.
- 1905
  Gaelic Names of Beasts 35
  Roid or ruid-ghuilbneach, the bar-tailed godwit; stunted curlew.