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单词 black guillemot
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Definition of black guillemot in English:

black guillemot

noun
  • A seabird of the auk family with black summer plumage and large white wing patches, breeding on the coasts of the Arctic and North Atlantic.

    Cepphus grylle, family Alcidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Throughout the isles you'll come across throngs of Arctic terns and both species of skuas, as well as black guillemots, gannets, shags, and Storm and Leach's petrels.
    • On Alaska's North Slope, the researcher says diminishing sea ice is contributing to the disappearance of seabirds called black guillemots.
    • Although the majority of breeding pairs lay a two-egg clutch, black guillemots differ markedly in the inter-egg interval and in the timing of the onset of incubation in relation to egg laying.
    • We also saw a couple of arctic terns messing about and a couple of black guillemots (rare almost!)
    • The black guillemot is a sexually monomorphic seabird that exhibits marked interpair variation in a number of breeding parameters.
 
 

Definition of black guillemot in US English:

black guillemot

noun
  • A seabird of the auk family with black summer plumage and large white wing patches, breeding on the coasts of the Arctic and North Atlantic.

    Cepphus grylle, family Alcidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Although the majority of breeding pairs lay a two-egg clutch, black guillemots differ markedly in the inter-egg interval and in the timing of the onset of incubation in relation to egg laying.
    • Throughout the isles you'll come across throngs of Arctic terns and both species of skuas, as well as black guillemots, gannets, shags, and Storm and Leach's petrels.
    • The black guillemot is a sexually monomorphic seabird that exhibits marked interpair variation in a number of breeding parameters.
    • On Alaska's North Slope, the researcher says diminishing sea ice is contributing to the disappearance of seabirds called black guillemots.
    • We also saw a couple of arctic terns messing about and a couple of black guillemots (rare almost!)
 
 
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