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mareel

mareel

English

Noun

mareel (uncountable)

  1. (Shetland) Phosphorescence on the ocean.
    • 1956, The Scots Magazine, volume 65, page 200:
      This is especially the case in late summer when the sea is aflame with mareel and the boats come and go with illumined wakes while the ghostly fire drips from the oar-blades.

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