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foolish guillemot

foolish guillemot noun: synonym of common murre (“Uria aalge”).

Noun

foolish guillemot (plural foolish guillemots)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of common murre (“Uria aalge”).
    • The Foolish Guillemot, which lays only one, plucks the feathers from its abdomen, which is thus left quite bare over a roundish space just large enough to cover its single egg.1856, John James Audubon, The Birds of America (page 270)
    Synonyms:
    common murre

Synonyms of foolish guillemot

Forms of foolish guillemot

pluralfoolish guillemots

Questions about foolish guillemot

What does foolish guillemot mean?
Foolish guillemot means synonym of common murre (“Uria aalge”).
What part of speech is foolish guillemot?
Foolish guillemot is a noun.
What is the plural of foolish guillemot?
The plural of foolish guillemot is foolish guillemots.

Words near foolish guillemot in the dictionary

  1. fooling with
  2. foolings
  3. foolio
  4. foolios
  5. foolish
  6. foolish guillemot
  7. foolisher
  8. foolishest
  9. foolishly
  10. foolishment
  11. foolishments

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