| 单词 | foolish guillemot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfoolish guillemot foolish guillemot n. now rare and chiefly historical the common guillemot, Uria aalge. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > member of genus Uria (guillemot) coot1382 murre1578 scout1596 guillem1603 willock1606 kiddaw1674 sea-hen1676 guillemot1678 loom1694 lavy1698 foolish guillemot1776 willy1780 turr1794 tinkershere1799 strany1804 spratter1863 bacalao-bird1865 tinker1880 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) II. 519 Foolish Guillemot... They are very simple birds; for nothwithstanding they are shot at, and see their companions killed.., they will not quit the rock. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Foolish Guillemot, the web-footed diving-bird Uria troile, common on our coasts. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. I. 25 Murre. Uria troille troille... Other names.—Foolish Guillemot; Guillem, or Gwilym. 2009 J. A. Love Nat. Hist. St. Kilda vi. 111 Heathcote referred to the common or 'foolish' guillemot as Uria bruennichi and perhaps this name caused confusion between the two species. < as lemmas |
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