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murrelet

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murrelet [ˈmɜːlɪt]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several small diving birds of the genus Brachyramphus and related genera, similar and related to the auks: family Alcidae, order Charadriiformes
[from murre + -let]
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Byline: ANI Washington, September 6 (ANI): Scientists have attached the world's smallest satellite tags to the members of the rare and rapidly declining Kittlitz's Murrelet seabirds, in order to track them.
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