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516 = gull (a Celtic word) + mouette (French), "a sea-mew."

probably means "the little bird with the puffed-out beak." The -in is a diminutive ending.

, "the crested bird," from the Gaelic crib, a comb or crest.

(the polecat), in allusion, of course, to the bird's strong and persistent odour.

, or, more correctly, = St. Peter's bird—so called from the appearance the bird has of walking on the sea.