murre
Americannoun
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either of two black and white diving birds of the genus Uria, of northern seas, U. aalge common murre or U. lomvia thick-billed murre.
noun
Etymology
Origin of murre
First recorded in 1595–1605; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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A study released by the University of Washington found the birds, called the common murre, probably died of starvation between the summer of 2015 and the spring of 2016.
From The Guardian • Jan. 16, 2020
Thirteen murre colonies in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea, where thousands of murres gather to reproduce, experienced complete failures for at least one breeding season during or after the die-off.
From Washington Times • Jan. 15, 2020
Reproductive rates in murre colonies from California to the Bering Sea also plummeted alarmingly.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2020
Of five common murre colonies in the gulf surveyed in 2018, only two seem to be breeding at normal levels.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 31, 2019
The most they saw that day was a school of silver pannies swimming south, but never a dolphin leapt nor did the flight of gull or murre or tern break the grey air.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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