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murres

murres is the plural of murre.

Meaning of murre

Noun

murre (plural murres)

  1. Any seabird of the genus Uria in the family Alcidae (the auks).
    • It may be that in one year alone, the Farallon murre population was reduced to the level at which it stood during the mid-1990s1990, David G. Ainley, Seabirds of the Farallon Islands: Ecology, Dynamics, and Structure of an Upwelling-System Community, page 252
    Synonyms:
    guillemot

Phrases with murres

Questions about murres

What is murres the plural of?
Murres is the plural of murre.

Words near murres in the dictionary

  1. murrelet
  2. murrelets
  3. Murrell
  4. murren
  5. Murrengenburg
  6. murres
  7. murrey
  8. murreys
  9. murrha
  10. murrhas
  11. murrhine

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