black guillemot
noun
See under guillemot(def 1).
Origin of black guillemot
First recorded in 1760–70
Words nearby black guillemot
black game,
black gang,
black gnat,
black gold,
black grouse,
black guillemot,
black hand,
black hat,
black haw,
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black hawk war
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