Gillygaloo
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In American folklore, the gillygaloo bird is a fearsome critter that nest on hillsides and lays square eggs, so they will not roll. The eggs are also spotted, giving them the characteristics of dice if hard-boiled.[1][2]
The term gillygaloo has existed since the late nineteenth century. It appears in writing in 1899 among a collection of stories told by Adirondack guides entitled In The Land of the Loon, by Frank Kimball Scribner and Earl Williams Mayo. The term is applied to an ordinary trout as part of a practical joke on unsuspecting vacationers.[3]
Likewise, the name reappears in the periodical The Echo of Seneca, published annually by the junior class of Hobart College, in Geneva, New York, referencing the location of a banquet held in 1893.[4] The first record of gillygalloo to apply to the eponymous bird appears in the print in "Paul Bunyan Natural History" by folklorist Charles E. Brown in 1935.[1]