Murre
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /mɜː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Murre is a noun meaning Any seabird of the genus Uria in the family Alcidae (the auks).
Meaning
Any seabird of the genus Uria in the family Alcidae (the auks).
Example Sentences
It may be that in one year alone, the Farallon murre population was reduced to the level at which it stood during the mid-1990s
1997, Robert Wayne Campbell, Neil K. Dawe, The Birds of British Columbia, Volume 2: Nonpasserines: Diurnal birds of prey through woodpeckers, page 296, About 2,800 pairs of Common Murres breed in the province, most of which are in the Scott Islands off northwestern Vancouver Island.
2000, Susan Allport, The Primal Feast: Food, Sex, Foraging, and Love, 2003, paperback, page 52, Staking out a spot involves not only the appropriate level of murre aggression (some murres are so aggressive that they throw their mates off the ledge) but, even more fundamentally, the ability to find food efficiently.
Word Forms
- murres
Synonyms for murre
Depending on context, synonyms include guillemot.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include murrelet, marbled, black, ancient, collective, guillemots.
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