Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

murrelet

[mur-lit]
See more synonyms for murrelet on Thesaurus.com
noun
  1. any of several small, chunky diving birds of the family Alcidae, of North Pacific coasts.
Show More

Origin of murrelet

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; murre + -let
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
British Dictionary definitions for murrelet

murrelet

noun
  1. any of several small diving birds of the genus Brachyramphus and related genera, similar and related to the auks: family Alcidae, order Charadriiformes
Show More

Word Origin

C19: from murre + -let
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012