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- noun Plural form of
selkie .
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Examples
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But I didn’t really believe it, no more than I believed in selkies rescuing women from the sea and helping them deliver their babies.
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In this unforgettable book the Celtic myth of the selkies—seals who shed their skin to become human—is turned inside-out and made startlingly plausible.
The Rancher & the Sculptor Sam Sacks 2011
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I read Virginia Kantra's short story - Sea Crossing - about the selkies in the Shifter anthology.
Friday Book Club Nalini Singh 2009
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The tales of the leprechauns and the goblins, the warlocks and the selkies; of the many inhabitants of this rich green-brown land.
Gretel by Firelight, Part I Roberta Lawson 2011
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In many cases humans have unknowingly fallen in love with selkies.
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Slow week for me, but managed to read Sea WItch by Virginia Kantra and really loved both the romance and the paranormal aspects of it -- selkies.
Friday Book Club Nalini Singh 2009
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Do you remember what Darcy said about the selkies?
The Shape-Shifter’s Curse Amanda Marrone 2010
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Some girl is yelling about secrets, Mrs. Lachlan is crying about her selkies—whatever they are—and Sir Roderick is shouting at Mr. Shaw for dredging up the past.
The Shape-Shifter’s Curse Amanda Marrone 2010
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Sick with fever, she ran to the beach and threw herself into the churning waves, trying to find her way back to the selkies.
The Shape-Shifter’s Curse Amanda Marrone 2010
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Sick with fever, she ran to the beach and threw herself into the churning waves, trying to find her way back to the selkies.
The Shape-Shifter’s Curse Amanda Marrone 2010
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