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guillemot Definition

guil·lemot (gilə mät′)

noun

any of various narrow-billed, northern alcidine shorebirds (genera Uria and Cepphus)

Etymology: Fr, dim. of Guillaume, William: see robin

guillemot Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • include: These sheer, bare sea cliffs are home to colonies of breeding seabirds including guillemots, shags and kittiwakes.
  • see: Very lucky divers might have a seal for company on the way up, or see the Guillemots diving down to meet them.
  • oil: This was the first sign of a much greater oil spill off the Sussex coast with scores of oiled Guillemots and other birds.
  • shag: Along the coast, fulmars and black guillemots are common with puffins, shags, guillemots and kittiwakes nesting on the sea cliffs.
  • breed: Until 1995, the numbers of breeding guillemots and razorbills on their sea cliff nest sites had been increasing in south west Wales.

Preposition: on

cliff: In early summer, witness tens of thousands of puffins and guillemots on the cliffs.

Adjective modifier

  • black: You have a unique opportunity to see at close quarters a rare colony of black guillemots nesting in the harbor wall.
  • common: Common Guillemots breed at most places around the coasts of Britain and Ireland where there is suitable cliff habitat.
  • few: A few black guillemots did hang around a little longer.
  • young: Activity on the cliffs has diminished as young Guillemots and Razorbills have left the nest - before they can fly!
  • dead: One freshly dead guillemot was examined by a local veterinary center and was found to have damage to the inside roof of the mouth.
  • several: Several Guillemots have also been reported from highly unusual inland locations, including the center of Glasgow, Crianlarich and Loch Awe.

Modifies a noun

  • guano: Rest assured, however, that he is currently cleaning guillemot guano from the team's climbing equipment with his tongue.
  • nest: Ivory gulls and black guillemots nest nearby and encounters with reindeer, polar bear and walrus are also quite likely.
  • egg: His enormous collection of guillemot eggs was amassed through liaisons with egg collecting gangs established at Bempton cliffs near Flamborough.

Noun used with modifier

baby: There's a baby Guillemot in a box in our spare bedroom.

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