MURRELET

Meaning of MURRELET in English

/merr"lit/ , n.

any of several small, chunky diving birds of the family Alcidae, of North Pacific coasts.

[ 1870-75, Amer.; MURRE + -LET ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

MURRELET — noun Date: 1862 any of several small alcids of North Pacific islands and coasts
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MURRELET — ˈmərlə̇t noun ( -s ) Etymology: murre + -let : any of several small sea birds (family Alcidae) found chiefly …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MURRELET — (n.) One of several species of sea birds of the genera Synthliboramphus and Brachyramphus, inhabiting the North Pacific. They are …
Английский словарь Webster
MURRELET — ( n. ) One of several species of sea birds of the genera Synthliboramphus and Brachyramphus, inhabiting the North Pacific. …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MURRELET — n. type of diving bird native of North Pacific coastline
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MURRELET — noun Date: 1862 : any of several small alcids of North Pacific islands and coasts
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MURRELET — noun one of several species of sea birds of the genera synthliboramphus and brachyramphus, inhabiting the north pacific. they are …
Webster English vocab
MURRELET — [ 'mə:lɪt ] ■ noun a small North Pacific auk, typically having a grey back and white underparts. [Genera Brachyramphus …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MURRELET — any of six species of small diving birds belonging to the auk family, Alcidae (order Charadriiformes). Murrelets are about 20 …
Britannica English vocabulary
MURRELET — орнит. старик (Synthliboramphus) - ancient murrelet - Japanese murrelet - Kittlitz's murrelet - marbled murrelet - Xantus's murrelet
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
MURRELET — орнит. старик ( Synthliboramphus ) - ancient murrelet - Japanese murrelet - Kittlitz's murrelet - marbled murrelet - Xantus's murrelet
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
MURRELET — n. Pronunciation: ' m ə r-l ə t Function: noun Date: 1862 : any of several small alcids of No. …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
XANTUS'S MURRELET — ˈ(k)s]änˌtüshə̇z-, ˈsh] noun Usage: usually capitalized X Etymology: after János Xántus died 1894 : a murrelet ( Endomychura hypoleucus ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MARBLED MURRELET — noun : a murrelet ( Brachyramphus marmoratus ) that is dusky and has white underparts mottled with brown and that …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KITTLITZ'S MURRELET — ˈkitlə̇ts(ə̇z)- noun Usage: usually capitalized K Etymology: after Baron Friedrich von Kittlitz died 1874 German officer, ornithologist, and traveler : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANCIENT MURRELET — noun Etymology: so called from its having a form known from the Pleistocene : a murrelet ( Synthliboramphus antiquum ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AUK — in general, any of the 22 species (21 living) of diving birds of the family Alcidae (order Charadriiformes), but especially …
Britannica English vocabulary
TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST — forest region and wilderness area in southeastern Alaska, U.S., on the Gulf of Alaska. Established in 1909 by a bill …
Britannica English vocabulary
ALCIDAE — bird family, order Charadriiformes, which includes the birds known as auk, auklet, dovekie, guillemot, murre, murrelet, and puffin (qq.v.).
Britannica English vocabulary
EMBLEMATIC — adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But the murrelet and the owl are merely emblematic of the effects of clear-cutting the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS WUMIZUSUME — Japanese murrelet
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS HYPOLEUCUS SCRIPPSI — Scripps's Murrelet
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS HYPOLEUCUS SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS HYPOLEUCUS HYPOLEUCUS — Xantus's Murrelet
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS CRAVERI — Craveri's Murrelet
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS ANTIQUUS — ancient murrelet
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS — marbled murrelet
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
BRACHYRAMPHUS BREVIROSTRIS — Kittlitz's murrelet
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS WUMIZUSUME — Japanese Murrelet
Ornitho-Birds English vocab
SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS HYPOLEUCUS — Xantus's Murrelet
Ornitho-Birds English vocab
SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS CRAVERI — Craveri's Murrelet
Ornitho-Birds English vocab
SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS ANTIQUUS — Ancient Murrelet
Ornitho-Birds English vocab

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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