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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLACK GUILLEMOT

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Black guillemot is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BLACK GUILLEMOT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

black guillemot

Black guillemot

The black guillemot or tystie is a medium-sized alcid. Adult birds have black bodies with a white wing patch, a thin dark bill, and red legs and feet. They show white wing linings in flight. In winter, the upperparts are pale grey and the underparts are white. The wings remain black with the large white patch on the inner wing. They are 32–38 cm in length, and with a 49–58 cm wingspan. Pair resting, Elliston, Newfoundland and Labrador Flying in Scotland Their breeding habitat is rocky shores, cliffs and islands on northern Atlantic coasts in eastern North America as far south as Maine, and in western Europe as far south as Ireland.They are one of the few birds to breed on Surtsey, Iceland a new volcanic island. In the UK it is a fairly common breeding bird in western and northern Scotland and Northern Ireland. In the rest of Great Britain they only breed at St. Bees Head in Cumbria, the Isle of Man and on east Anglesey in north Wales. Some birds breed in Alaska where their range overlaps with the pigeon guillemot. They usually lay their eggs in rocky sites near water.

Definition of black guillemot in the English dictionary

The definition of black guillemot in the dictionary is a common guillemot, Cepphus grylle: its summer plumage is black with white wing patches and its winter plumage white with greyish wings.

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Black Hand
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Black Hole of Calcutta
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WORDS THAT END LIKE BLACK GUILLEMOT

bergamot
bon mot
commot
essence of bergamot
filemot
folkmot
gemot
guillemot
halimot
hoary marmot
marmot
mot
motmot
philomot
prairie marmot
wild bergamot
witenagemot

Synonyms and antonyms of black guillemot in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «black guillemot» into 25 languages

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The translations of black guillemot from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «black guillemot» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

黑鸠
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arao negro
570 millions of speakers

English

black guillemot
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

काला GUILLEMOT
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الغلموت الأسود
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чистик
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Guillemot preto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কালো গিলমোট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

guillemot à miroir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Guillemot hitam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gryllteiste
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

黒のGuillemot
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

검은 바다 오리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ireng guillemot
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Guillemot đen
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கருப்பு கில்லிமோட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काळी गिलमॉट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Siyah guillemot
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

guillemot nero
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nurnik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чистик
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Guillemot negru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μαύρο guillemot
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

swart Guillemot
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

tobisgrissla
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

teist
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLACK GUILLEMOT»

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A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory: ...
THE BLACK GUILLEMOT. GREENLAND DOVE. DOVEKY. SEA TURTLE. LITTLE GUILLEMOT. SPOTTED GUILLEMOT. PUFFINET. TYSTIE, OK TYSTEY. GEARA- BREAC. Colymbus Grylle. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 200. Uria Grylle. Lath. Ind. Omith. II.
William MacGillivray, 1852
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A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory
THE BLACK GUILLEMOT. GREENLAND DOVE. DOVEKY. SEA TURTLE. LITTLE GUILLEMOT. SPOTTED GUILLEMOT. PUFFINET. TVSTIE, or TYSTEY. GEARA- BREAC. Colymbus Gryllo. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 200. Uria Gryllo. Lath. Ind. Ornith. II.
William Macgillivray, 1852
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Water birds
2. represents the young when about a week old. BLACK GUILLEMOT. UrtiA Gbylle, Lath. PLATE LXXX. Young and Old, In Winter plumage. Uria Grylle, Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 797. sp. 2.— Faun. Amer. Boreal 2. 478. No. 237- Colymbus Grylle, Linn.
Prideaux John Selby, 1833
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Encyclopedia of the Arctic
Black Guillemot The black guillemot, Cepphus grille, is also known as teist ( Norwegian) or chistik (Russian). It is a mediumsized auk with a tubby appearance, completely black with only white wing patches, having striking red mouth and legs.
Mark Nuttall, 2012
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Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion: A ...
Bering Sea, range overlaps with Black Guillemot. HABITAT: Rocky coastline. Breeds on cliffs, among boulders (also piled driftwood, bridges, wharfs, old buildings, and beached ships), and on islands and rocky mainland coasts. Feeds inshore ...
Pete Dunne, 2013
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A history of British birds
AtC AT) IF,. THE BLACK GUILLEMOT. Vria grylle, Black Guillemot, n ii Spotted „ Slack „ Spotted ,, Cephus ,, Common Scmber, Vria ,t Black Guillemot, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 163. Mont. Ornith. Diet it it a Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 192. Flem.
William Yarrell, 1841
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Angel Messages: The Oracle of the Birds
The black guillemot speaks to us of our roots, our origins. This cousin of the true guillemot, nests in caves, sometimes drawing close to human communities and building its nest in harbour walls and other man-made constructions. It tells us that ...
Claire Nahmad
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The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Difussion of ...
Colyn bus Grylle, Gmcl. (Linn.?): Columba Groenlandica, Briss. ; Le Petit Guillemot Noir, Buff. ;* Black Guillemot, Lath.(Syn.); Ponn, Brit. Zool, p. 138, t.H.4, an individual preserving some of the feathers of its youth: Penn, Arct. Zool., p. 51 C, No.
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Penny cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ...
ColynJius Grylle, Gmel. (Linn. ?) ; Columba Groenlandica, Briss. ; Le Petit Guillemot Noir, Buff. ;* Black Guillemot, Lafh.(Syn.); Penn, Brit. Zool., p. 138, t.H.4, an individual preserving some of the feathers of its youth: Penn, Arct, Zool., p. 516 , No.
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), 1838
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The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of ...
Le Petit Guillemot Noir, Buff. ;* Black Guillemot, Lath. (Syn.) ; Penn, Brit. Znol., p. 138, t.H.4,an individual preserving some of the feathers of its youth; Penn, Arct, Zool., p. 516, No. 437— Edw., Glean., t. 50; Der Schwarze Lumme, Bechst., Naturg ...
George Long, 1838

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLACK GUILLEMOT»

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Birdwatch: Eyes to the skies above reedbeds to track booming birds
Up to seven immature pomarine skuas were seen off Flamborough Head and Filey and a black guillemot off Flamborough. A bee-eater was ... «Yorkshire Post, Jun 15»
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Arctic ecosystems Effects of sea-ice loss
The black guillemot is an ice-associated bird, spending winters in the Arctic pack ice and breeding close to the edge of the ice in summer. «Nature.com, Jun 15»
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Nova Scotia biologist finds birds deposit pollutants from oceans to land
... Mallory and his team tested the soil on the Eastern Shore Islands and looked at the impact of the eider, Leach's storm petrel, black guillemot, ... «CBC.ca, May 15»
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Wings, Waves & Woods taking flight
Possible sightings along the shore include purple sandpiper, black guillemot and common eider. Offshore nesting islands and outer waters are ... «Penobscot Bay Press, Apr 15»
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'Curb fishing or lose species'
... aims to protect rare and threatened species including the fan mussel, common skate, the ocean quahog, flameshell and the black guillemot. «The Sunday Times, Feb 15»
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Rare bird alert: Snow geese seen along Seacoast
A glaucous gull, a black guillemot, and 18 purple sanpipers were seen at Seal Rocks in Rye on Feb. 14, and a thick-billed murre was seen ... «WMUR Manchester, Feb 15»
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Rare bird alert: Red-headed woodpecker seen in NH
A razorbill, a black guillemot, and several purple sandpipers were seen along the coast on Jan. 25. A black-headed gull was seen in Hampton ... «WMUR Manchester, Jan 15»
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Musical map knits together Fair Isle folklore
"The year before last, just one solitary male black guillemot came back: it was totally heartbreaking," Thomson says. But then last year bird ... «Herald Scotland, Jan 15»
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WINGING IT: Hoodies in fashion on the Parker River
Various areas on Cape Ann: Barrow's Goldeneye, Yellow-breasted Chat, Razorbill, Black Guillemot, Iceland Gull, Glaucous Gull, Peregrine ... «Wicked Local Georgetown, Jan 15»
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Rare bird alert: Dozens of owls spotted across the Granite State
Three razorbills, a black guillemot, two brant, and 14 purple sandpipers were reported from coastal Rye on Jan. 1. A Northern shrike was seen ... «WMUR Manchester, Jan 15»

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