pigeon guillemot

pi·geon guil·le·mot

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Definitions of pigeon guillemot words

noun pigeon guillemot a black or brown-speckled seabird of the genus Cepphus, of northern seas, having a sharply pointed black bill, red legs, and white wing patches, as C. grylle (black guillemot) of the North Atlantic and the similar C. columba (pigeon guillemot) of the North Pacific. 1
noun pigeon guillemot British. a murre of the genus Uria. 1

before 1670

One of the 47% oldest English words

1670-80; < French, apparently diminutive of Guillaume William

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