black guillemot

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noun

a common guillemot, Cepphus grylle : its summer plumage is black with white wing patches and its winter plumage white with greyish wings

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Words nearby black guillemot

black gang, black gnat, black gold, black grouse, blackguard, black guillemot, Black Hand, black hat, black haw, Black Hawk, Black Hawk War

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How to use black guillemot in a sentence

This bird is very similar to the Black Guillemot except that the under-surfaces of the wings are dark.
Western Bird Guide|Chester A. (Chester Albert) Reed, Harry F. Harvey, and Rex I. Brasher
This bird is very similar to the Black Guillemot except that the under surfaces of the wings are dark.
The Bird Book|Chester A. Reed
The dovekie, or black guillemot (Uria grylle), breeds in great numbers in the Orkney islands.
Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea in 1846 and 1847|John Rae
The Black Guillemot retires to its breeding-stations in May.
British Sea Birds|Charles Dixon

On June 20th the doctor and I shot one black guillemot each.
Farthest North|Fridtjof Nansen