A name originally given vaguely or generically to various swimming and diving birds. In many cases it seems to have been applied to the Guillemot (U…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > member of genus Uria (guillemot) (19) coot1382 A name originally given vaguely or generically to various swimming and diving birds. In many cases it seems to have been applied to the Guillemot (U… murre1578 Originally (now British regional): any of various guillemots and other auks, esp. the razorbill, Alca torda. Later chiefly spec. (North American)… scout1596 A local name for various sea-birds native to Great Britain; as the Guillemot (Alca troile), the Razor-bill (Alca torda), and the Puffin (Fratercula ar… guillem1603 = guillemot, n. willock1606 Any of several auks; esp. a guillemot. kiddaw1674 A Cornish name for the guillemot. sea-hen1676 A local name for the common guillemot, Uria troile, and the great skua, Stercorarius catarrhactes. guillemot1678 The name of several species of sea birds of the genus Alca or Uria; esp. Uria or Alca troile, the Common or Foolish Guillemot, and Uria grylle, the… loom1694 A name given in northern seas to species of the Guillemot and the Diver, esp. Alca bruennichi and Colymbus septentrionalis (Red-throated Diver). Cf… lavy1698 A local (St. Kildan) name for the guillemot. foolish guillemot1776 the common guillemot, Uria aalge. willy1780 Any of various birds; esp. a guillemot. Also as a modifier. Cf. willock, n. turr1794 = murre, n. tinkershere1799 English regional. The common guillemot, Uria aalge. Occasionally also: the black guillemot, Cepphus grylle. strany1804 A local name of the Common Guillemot. spratter1863 dialect. The guillemot. bacalao-bird1865 tinker1880 English regional. The common guillemot, Uria aalge; cf. tinkershere, n. 1. Now historical and rare. Subcategories:— place for breeding (1) |
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