Meanings
plural common murres
- A large auk, Uria aalge.
1 more example
Common murres are large by seabird standards and can weigh more than two pounds. They routinely live 20-25 years but have a metabolism rate so high that they can use up fat reserves and drop to a critical threshold for starvation, 65 percent of normal body rate, in three days of not eating, Piatt said.
2016 February 5, Dan Joling, “Alaska seabird die-off investigation hindered by data gaps”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2017
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian тънкоклюна кайра
- тънкоклюна кайра (tănkokljuna kajra)Uria aalge
Czech alkoun úzkozobý
- alkoun úzkozobýUria aalge
Danish lomvie
- lomvieUria aalge
Dutch zeekoet
- zeekoetUria aalge
Finnish etelänkiisla
- etelänkiislaUria aalge
French guillemot marmette
- guillemot marmetteUria aalge
German Trottellumme
- TrottellummeUria aalge
Hungarian lumma
- lummaUria aalge
Icelandic langvía
- langvíaUria aalge
Italian uria
- uriaUria aalge
Japanese 海烏
- 海烏 (umigarasu)Uria aalge
Norwegian lomvi
- lomviUria aalge
Polish nurzyk, nurzyk zwyczajny
- nurzykUria aalge
- nurzyk zwyczajnyUria aalge
Portuguese arau-comum
- arau-comumUria aalge
Russian тонкоклювая кайра
- тонкоклювая кайра (tonkokljuvaja kajra)Uria aalge
Slovak norec tenkozobý
- norec tenkozobýUria aalge
Spanish arao común
- arao comúnUria aalge
Swedish sillgrissla
- sillgrisslaUria aalge
Ukrainian кайра тонкодзьоба
- кайра тонкодзьоба (kajra tonkodzʹoba)Uria aalge
Cite this entry
common murre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20murre
“common murre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20murre. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “common murre,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20murre.
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