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murre


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Murre  \Murre\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Any  one  of  several  species  of  sea  birds  of  the  genus  {Uria}, 
  or  {Catarractes};  a  guillemot. 
 
  Note:  The  murres  are  allied  to  the  auks,  and  are  abundant  on 
  the  northern  coasts  of  Europe  and  America.  They  often 
  breed  in  large  communities  on  the  projecting  ledges  of 
  precipituous  cliffs,  laying  one  or  two  large  eggs  on 
  the  bare  rocks. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  murre 
  n  :  black-and-white  diving  bird  of  northern  seas 




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