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GUILLEMOT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("guillemot" is a kind of...):

auk (black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guillemot"):

black guillemot; Cepphus grylle (northern Atlantic guillemot)

Cepphus columba; pigeon guillemot (northern Pacific guillemot)

murre (black-and-white diving bird of northern seas)

Holonyms ("guillemot" is a member of...):

Cepphus; genus Cepphus (a genus of birds including: guillemots)

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