black guillemot


noun

See under guillemot(def 1).

Origin of black guillemot

First recorded in 1760–70

Definition for black guillemot (2 of 2)

guillemot
[ gil-uh-mot ]
/ ˈgɪl əˌmɒt /

noun

a black or brown-speckled seabird of the genus Cepphus, of northern seas, having a sharply pointed black bill, red legs, and white wing patches, as C. grylle (black guillemot), of the North Atlantic and the similar C. columba (pigeon guillemot) of the North Pacific.
British. a murre of the genus Uria.

Origin of guillemot

1670–80; < French, apparently diminutive of Guillaume William

British Dictionary definitions for black guillemot (1 of 2)

black guillemot

noun

a common guillemot, Cepphus grylle : its summer plumage is black with white wing patches and its winter plumage white with greyish wings

British Dictionary definitions for black guillemot (2 of 2)

guillemot
/ (ˈɡɪlɪˌmɒt) /

noun

any northern oceanic diving bird of the genera Uria and Cepphus, having a black-and-white plumage and long narrow bill: family Alcidae (auks, etc), order Charadriiformes

Word Origin for guillemot

C17: from French, diminutive of Guillaume William