marrot
(ˈmærət)
Also marrock, marrott, morrot, murot.
[Origin obscure; cf. murre.]
A local name for the guillemot, razor-bill, and puffin.
| 1710 Sibbald Hist. Fife 48 Alka Hoieri: Our People call it the Marrot, the Auk or Razor-Bill. 1863 Kingsley Water-Bab. 259 The very marrocks and dovekies have got wings. 1880 Act 43 & 44 Vict. c. 35 (Wild Birds Protect. Act) Sched. Marrot. |