black guillemot

noun

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

Example Sentences

This bird is very similar to the Black Guillemot except that the under-surfaces of the wings are dark.

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This bird is very similar to the Black Guillemot except that the under surfaces of the wings are dark.

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The dovekie, or black guillemot (Uria grylle), breeds in great numbers in the Orkney islands.

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The Black Guillemot retires to its breeding-stations in May.

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On June 20th the doctor and I shot one black guillemot each.

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