foolish guillemot

noun

Synonym of common murre (“Uria aalge”).

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Meanings

nounfoolish guillemot (plural foolish guillemots)

plural foolish guillemots

  1. obsoleteSynonym of common murre (“Uria aalge”).

    The Foolish Guillemot, which lays only one, plucks the feathers from its abdomen, which is thus left quite bare over a roundish space just large enough to cover its single egg.

    1856, John James Audubon, The Birds of America, page 270

    Synonyms: common murre

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of common murre (“Uria aalge”).

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common murre
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