Wrong sort of large green tentacled underwater creature annoying the fisherman by climbing onto the pier.
The Scottish Word:

Greenbane.

“Nah nah, awa yo go. Ahm efter green-bane the-day.”

Translate:

green-bane: garfish or needlefish which have greenish bones.

“No no. Away you go. I am after garfish today.”

[green-bane spelled out in the phonetic alphabet.]
The Scottish Word: greenbane with its definition and its meaning illustrated and captioned with the word used in context in the Scots language and in English.

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