- genus Cepphus
- nouna genus of birds including: guillemots• Syn: ↑Cepphus• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Alcidae, ↑family Alcidae• Member Meronyms: ↑guillemot
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genus Cepphus
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Cepphus — Black Guillemot. Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
Cepphus — n. a genus comprising the gillemots. Syn: genus {Cepphus}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cepphus — noun a genus of birds including: guillemots • Syn: ↑genus Cepphus • Hypernyms: ↑bird genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Alcidae, ↑family Alcidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Cepphus grylle — Guillemot Guil le*mot , n. [F.] (Zo[ o]l.) One of several northern sea birds, allied to the auks. They have short legs, placed far back, and are expert divers and swimmers. [1913 Webster] Note: The common guillemots, or murres, belong to the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bird genus — noun a genus of birds • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑genus Protoavis, ↑genus Archaeopteryx, ↑genus Archeopteryx, ↑genus Sinornis, ↑genus Ibero mesornis, ↑gen … Useful english dictionary
Pigeon Guillemot — Pigeon Guillemots, Vancouver, BC Conservation status … Wikipedia
guillemot — /gil euh mot /, n. 1. 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.… … Universalium
Alcidae — noun web footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc. • Syn: ↑family Alcidae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Charadriiformes, ↑order Charadriiformes … Useful english dictionary
family Alcidae — noun web footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc. • Syn: ↑Alcidae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Charadriiformes, ↑order Charadriiformes … Useful english dictionary
Black Guillemot — resting on a cliff in Reykjanes, Iceland Conservation status … Wikipedia
