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nounAny seabird belonging to the genera Uria and Cepphus of the auk family Alcidae. They have black and white bodies and are good at swimming and diving.
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- Frenchguillemot
- Englishguillemot
Borrowed from French guillemot.
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Bulgarian кайра
- кайра (kajra)seabird
Catalan somorgollaire
- somorgollaireseabird
Chinese Mandarin 海鴉 /海鸦
- 海鴉 /海鸦 (hǎiyā)seabird
Danish lomvie, lomvi
- lomvieseabird
- lomviseabird
Dutch zeekoet
- zeekoetseabird
Finnish kiisla, riskilä
- kiislaseabird
- riskiläseabird
German Lumme
- Lummeseabird
Greek ουρία, κόλυμβος
- ουρία (ouría)seabird
- κόλυμβος (kólymvos)seabird
Hungarian lumma
- lummaseabird
Italian uria
- uriaseabird
Japanese 海烏
- 海烏 (umigarasu)seabird
Polish nurzyk
- nurzykseabird
Portuguese arau, airo
- arauseabird
- airoseabird
Romanian guilemotă
- guilemotăseabird
Russian ка́йра, чи́стик
- ка́йра (kájra)seabird
- чи́стик (čístik)seabird
Slovak svišťúň, alka
- svišťúňseabird
- alkaseabird
- norecseabird
Spanish arao
- araoseabird
Welsh gwylog
- gwylogseabird
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guillemot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guillemot
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“guillemot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guillemot. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “guillemot,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guillemot.
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