silkie
/ˈsɪlki/
noun
- A breed of chicken with soft, fluffy feathers that feel like silk.
- The silkie is a popular ornamental chicken because of its unusual feathers.
- Silkies are known for being gentle and good mothers.
- She keeps a small flock of silkies in her backyard.
- A mythical creature in Scottish folklore, a seal that can shed its skin to become human.
- The legend of the silkie tells of a seal that becomes a beautiful woman.
- Silkies are said to live in the sea but walk on land.
- In the story, a fisherman falls in love with a silkie.