GUILLEMOT


Meaning of GUILLEMOT in English

ˈgiləˌmät noun

( -s )

Etymology: French, from Middle French, irregular diminutive of Guillaume William

: any of several narrow-billed auks of northern seas constituting two genera ( Uria and Cepphus ) of the family Alcidae and having skins, feathers, and eggs that are highly valued by natives of regions where they breed — see black guillemot , murre

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