Skerry (disambiguation)
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Skerry may refer to:
[edit] Geography
Skerry is derived from the Old Norse sker, which means a ‘rock in the sea’.
Skerryvore, meaning 'great skerry' is a reef with a lighthouse in Scotland.
[edit] Literature
Skerry (and the [pl] Skerries) is used as a fictional term in Neal Stephenson's novel Cryptonomicon. It describes a small mammal with a long tail, probably similar to a rat.
In the DC Comics series The Sandman (Vertigo), written by Neil Gaiman, Gaiman uses "skerries" to refer to isolated parts of The Dreaming (comics) which are created and sustained by the serial dreams of individuals.
[edit] See also
Skerries for a list of geographical locations.
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