murrelet


murre·let

M5530200 (mûr′lət)n. Any of various small auks of the genera Brachyramphus and Synthliboramphus of the Pacific Ocean, having black, gray, or brown upperparts and predominantly white underparts.

murrelet

(ˈmɜːlɪt) n (Animals) any of several small diving birds of the genus Brachyramphus and related genera, similar and related to the auks: family Alcidae, order Charadriiformes[C19: from murre + -let]

murre•let

(ˈmɜr lɪt)

n. any of several small, chunky diving birds of the auk family, of N Pacific coasts. [1870–75, Amer.]