guillemot

English

a Brünnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) with prey

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French guillemot.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪlɪmɒt/

Noun

guillemot (plural guillemots)

1. Any seabird belonging to the genera Uria and Cepphus of the auk family Alcidae. They have black and white bodies and are good at swimming and diving.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with guillemet.

Synonyms

• murre

Derived terms

• common guillemot
• Brünnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia)
• true guillemot (Cepphus spp.)

Translations

seabird

• Bulgarian: кайра f (kajra)
• Chukchi: ӄэруӄэр (qėruqėr), ӄэрут pl (qėrut)
• Danish: lomvie (da) c, lomvi c
• Dutch: zeekoet (nl) m
• Faroese: lomviga f, lomvigi m
• Finnish: kiisla (Uria), riskilä (fi) (Cepphus)
• Galician: arao (gl) m
• German: Lumme (de) f
• Greek: ουρία (el) f (ouría), κόλυμβος m (kólymvos)
• Italian: uria (it) f
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• Manx: caillagh varrey f, stronnag ghoo f (Cepphus grylle atlantis), stronnag f, çhennel f (Uria aalge)
• Norman: dgillemot m (Jersey), gaude f (Jersey)
• Portuguese: arau (pt) m, airo (pt) m
• Romanian: guilemotă f
• Russian: ка́йра (ru) f (kájra) (Uria), чи́стик (ru) m (čístik) (Cepphus)
• Slovak: svišťúň m, alka (sk) f, norec m
• Spanish: arao m
• Welsh: gwylog f