{"id":2723,"date":"2024-12-25T21:15:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T21:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allegrawordweaver.com\/?p=2723"},"modified":"2025-01-12T22:04:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T22:04:40","slug":"quirky-old-animal-words-from-the-english-dialect-dictionary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allegrawordweaver.com\/index.php\/quirky-old-animal-words-from-the-english-dialect-dictionary\/words\/","title":{"rendered":"Quirky Old Animal Words from the English Dialect Dictionary"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The English Dialect Dictionary (by Joseph Wright) contains thousands of fascinating words, including unique dialect terms for everyday things.\u00a0 Here are some of my favorite animal names from the EDD.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

(I like flintermouse or furze-a-boar the best. \ud83d\ude09 )<\/span><\/p>\n



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Attercop<\/strong> – spider<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Burran<\/strong> – badger<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chestlecrumb<\/strong> – dormouse<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Codnobble<\/strong> – tadpole<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cotterling<\/strong> – a cosset lamb; tame, docile, tender<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Doker<\/strong> – a small animal<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Earthgrub<\/strong> – an earthworm<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Emerteen<\/strong> – ant<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Evet<\/strong> – newt, eft, lizard<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fleck<\/strong> – a flea<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Flickermouse<\/strong> – a bat<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Flintermouse<\/strong> – the bat<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Flitterchack<\/strong> – the ring-ouzel<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Forky-tail<\/strong> – earwig<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Foumart<\/strong> – a polecat<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Furze-a-boar<\/strong> – a hedgehog<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gill-hooter<\/strong> – an owl<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Granogoe<\/strong> – hedgehog<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hagworm<\/strong> – the adder or viper<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Henniel<\/strong> – a greedy dog; a covetous, greedy person<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Helegug<\/strong> – the puffin<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hez<\/strong> – a swarm of bees<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hobran<\/strong> – a blue shark<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hully-butterflee<\/strong> – the tiger-moth that has wooly bear caterpillars<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ingle-dog<\/strong> – an earthworm<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jazzen<\/strong> – a donkey<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kae<\/strong> – the jackdaw<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kitling\/kittle<\/strong> – a kitten<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lammermoor lion<\/strong> – a sheep<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lealow<\/strong> – a butterfly or a glow-worm<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lighty<\/strong> – a butterfly<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Moke<\/strong> – a donkey<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mox<\/strong> – a moth<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Muggleton<\/strong> – a rat<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mumruffin<\/strong> – a titmouse<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Near-wiggle<\/strong> – an earwig<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pillacater<\/strong> – a caterpillar<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pishminnie<\/strong> – an ant<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Poddywig<\/strong> – a tadpole<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Quilkin<\/strong> – a frog or toad<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reely-mouse<\/strong> – a bat<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reynolds<\/strong> – a fox (also called Mr. Reynolds)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rezzle<\/strong> – a weasel<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rillywig<\/strong> – an earwig<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rinkin<\/strong> – a fox<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Scattle-cat<\/strong> – a thieving, mischievous cat<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Scrallybob<\/strong> – a louse<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Scug<\/strong> – a squirrel<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Shady-mouse<\/strong> – a bat<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Siggywiggy<\/strong> – a titmouse<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Snortly-wink<\/strong> – a caterpillar<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Speddart<\/strong> – a spider<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sprug<\/strong> – the house-sparrow<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Taffety<\/strong> – a toad<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/p>\n

(Sorry, I couldn’t find any animals that started with Z.)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Happy word-weaving!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The English Dialect Dictionary (by Joseph Wright) contains thousands of fascinating words, including unique dialect terms for everyday things.\u00a0 Here are some of my favorite animal names from the EDD.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 (I like flintermouse or furze-a-boar the best. \ud83d\ude09 ) Attercop – spider \u00a0 Burran – badger \u00a0 Chestlecrumb – dormouse \u00a0 Codnobble – tadpole 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