guil·le·mot

(gĭl′ə-mŏt′)

1. Any of several auks of the genus Cepphus of the northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, having black plumage with white markings.

2. Chiefly British See murre.

[French, diminutive of the personal name Guillaume.]

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guillemot

(ˈɡɪlɪˌmɒt)

(Animals) 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

[C17: from French, diminutive of Guillaume William]

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guil•le•mot

(ˈgɪl əˌmɒt)

n.

a black or brown seabird of the genus Cepphus, of N seas, having a long, black bill, long neck, and red legs.

[1670–80; < French, appar. diminutive of Guillaume William]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

guillemot - small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas

auk - black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas

Cepphus, genus Cepphus - a genus of birds including: guillemots

black guillemot, Cepphus grylle - northern Atlantic guillemot

Cepphus columba, pigeon guillemot - northern Pacific guillemot

murre - black-and-white diving bird of northern seas

Translations

чистик

guillemot

[ˈgɪlɪmɒt] N → arao m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

guillemot

n → Lumme f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

guillemot

[ˈgɪlɪˌmɒt] n → uria

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London, United Kingdom, November 29, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Great Hotels of the World (http://www.ghotw.com) the London-based hotel sales and marketing alliance has strengthened its meeting and incentive sales team with the promotion of Armand Guillemot to Director of Sales - Meetings & Incentives (career biography and photo: http://www.ghotw.com/mediapage.aspx?id=12962).

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Independent of climate, the management of, and hunter participation in, the Newfoundland and Labrador guillemot hunt have changed since 1984.

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