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Pronunciation : Puck
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. pouke; cf. OSw. puke, Icel. puki an evil demon, W. pwca a hobgoblin. Cf. Poker a bugbear, Pug.]
Definition : 1. (Medi?val Myth.)
Defn: A celebrated fairy, "the merry wanderer of the night;" -- called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc. Shak. He meeteth Puck, whom most men call Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall. Drayton.
2. (Zo?l.)
Defn: The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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