eligug

English

Noun

eligug (plural eligugs)

1. (obsolete) A type of auk.
   • 1769, “Pembrokeshire”, in A Description of England and Wales, page 267:

     The eligug lays but one egg, which, as well as those of the puffin and razor-bill, is as big as a duck's, but longer and smaller at one end. She never leaves this egg till it is hatched, nor then till the young one is able to follow her, and she is all this time fed by the male.