Definitions
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- noun A breed of chicken, with very fine, silk-like feathers.
- noun Alternative spelling of
selkie . A creature of Irish, Scottish, Icelandic, and Faroese mythology which can transform from a seal to a human (usually a woman).
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Examples
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` Twas a silkie was the father of the Woman by the Bay.
Woman By the Bay 1997
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"A silkie is a creature who is a man upon the land, but becomes a seal within the sea.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
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"A silkie is a creature who is a man upon the land, but becomes a seal within the sea.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
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We had really good luck with comfort silkie blankies.
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For a creative retelling of the silkie selkie legend, I highly recommend the charming film mentioned by Alexandra, The Secret of Roan Inish.
Archive 2009-08-01 elena maria vidal 2009
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Dad thought it would be a good idea to get a silkie chicken and rooster pair.
Fresh Pasta Brilynn 2009
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Having grown up in a household that kept chickens, he got his experience early on, but between raising kids and living in New York, had nearly forgotten about it until he turned on the TV one day and saw a Martha Stewart episode where she was handling graceful silkie chickens and their small, subtly colored eggs.
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For a creative retelling of the silkie selkie legend, I highly recommend the charming film mentioned by Alexandra, The Secret of Roan Inish.
The Seal Maiden elena maria vidal 2009
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Dad thought it would be a good idea to get a silkie chicken and rooster pair.
Archive 2009-04-01 Brilynn 2009
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In one part of the study the scientists even found how the genes differ among three different races of domesticated hens: a laying hen, a broiler, and a silkie.
The G-hen-isis Code amuchmoreexotic 2006
she commented on the word silkie
Oh my fluffs!
August 28, 2008