black guillemot

black guil·le·mot

B b

Definitions of black guillemot words

noun black guillemot a common guillemot, Cepphus grylle: its summer plumage is black with white wing patches and its winter plumage white with greyish wings 3
noun black guillemot a guillemot (Cepphus grylle) that is mostly black in summer and mostly white in winter 3
noun black 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 black guillemot British. a murre of the genus Uria. 1
noun black guillemot A seabird, Cepphus grylle, of the auk family (Alcidae). 0

before 1760

One of the 46% newest English words

First recorded in 1760-70

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 5% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer

Was this page helpful?

Yes No

Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page

Tell us why?