guillemot
Americannoun
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a black or brown-speckled seabird of the genus Cepphus, of northern seas, having a sharply pointed black bill, red legs, and white wing patches, as C. grylle black guillemot, of the North Atlantic Ocean and the similar C. columba pigeon guillemot of the North Pacific Ocean.
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British. a murre of the genus Uria.
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Etymology
Origin of guillemot
First recorded in 1670–80; from French, apparently diminutive of Guillaume “William”
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Other birds impacted by drones flying too close to the Oregon islands include the common murre, pigeon guillemot, tufted puffin and two types of cormorants.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2021
In the years that followed, seabirds like the black guillemot started arriving earlier, laying eggs earlier and not surviving as well, he said, blaming warming.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 19, 2018
In 2015, he published “The Nordic Cookbook,” an invaluable guide to the region’s cooking, from the braised guillemot of the Faroe Islands to the taco quiche of suburban Stockholm.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2017
The extensive collections of early oologists, such as George Lupton, who amassed more than 1,000 guillemot eggs, fascinate Birkhead even as he laments this now illegal and inadmissible practice.
From Nature ● Apr. 12, 2016
A man from the south heard one day of a guillemot that could talk.
From Eskimo Folk-Tales by Worster, W. J. Alexander (William John Alexander)
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