murre
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 ).
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This Pacific form of the common murre is the most abundant breeding bird on the Farallones.
The Bird Book | Chester A. ReedThey breed on the same islands in company with the common murre and their eggs are indistinguishable.
The Bird Book | Chester A. ReedMurrain (or morena in Latin chronicles) is probably the modern survival of mure or murre.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) | Charles CreightonThe murre does not fly high, nor is it a very active bird, or apparently of long flight.
Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands | Charles NordhoffThe gull begins to lay about the middle of May, and usually ten days before the murre.
Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands | Charles Nordhoff
British Dictionary definitions for murre
/ (mɜː) /
US and Canadian any guillemot of the genus Uria
Origin of murre
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