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M0489500 (mûr)n. pl. murre or murres Either of two large auks, Uria aalge or U. lomvia, having a black back and head and white underparts.

[Earlier, any of various species of guillemots and other auks, probably ultimately imitative of the call of certain guillemots; akin to Scots marrot, murre, razorbill.]

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(mɜː) n (Animals) US and Canadian any guillemot of the genus Uria[C17: origin unknown]

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n. either of two black and white diving birds of the genus Uria, of the auk family, nesting along rocky coasts of northern seas. [1595–1605; orig. uncertain]

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murre - black-and-white diving bird of northern seasguillemot - small black or brown speckled auks of northern seasgenus Uria, Uria - murrescommon murre, Uria aalge - the most frequent variety of murrethick-billed murre, Uria lomvia - a variety of murre

murre

(mör), common name for a group of diving birds of the same family as the aukauk
, common name for a member of the family Alcidae (alcid family), swimming and diving birds of the N Atlantic and Pacific, which includes the guillemots and puffins. Their legs are set far back on their bodies, making them clumsy on land, where they seldom venture except to
..... Click the link for more information. and the puffinpuffin,
common name for a diving bird of the family Alcidae (auk family). Its large, triangular bill, brilliantly colored in yellow, blue, and vermilion, is adapted to carrying several fish at one time; it also gives the puffin its alternate name of sea parrot.
..... Click the link for more information. (family Alcidae) and including the guillemots. There are three species of murres, all about 18 in. (45 cm) long, brownish black above and white below. The common murre, Uria aalge, and the Brunnich's murre are found in the North Atlantic; the California murre is found in the Pacific. Murres are among the largest of the living members of the family. The smaller guillemots are also called sea pigeons. Murres eat small fish and crustaceans and lay their hard-shelled, pear-shaped eggs on bare rock. Murres return to the same breeding sites year after year. Both male and female incubate the single egg laid per season. Murres are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Charadriiformes, family Alcidae.

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noun black-and-white diving bird of northern seas

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