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common murre

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Noun1.common murrecommon murre - the most frequent variety of murre  
murre - black-and-white diving bird of northern seas


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The bird, a common murre (Uria aalge), was one of 1,254 oily fowl found injured or dead along beaches from Point Reyes to Monterey in Northern California, where globs of mystery oil began washing up last winter.
Observers on salmon boats in 1994 saw only one murrelet entangled but recorded 3,500 other birds snared, mostly common murres and rhinoceros auklets.
 
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