GUILLEMOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does guillemot mean? 

• GUILLEMOT (noun)
  The noun GUILLEMOT has 1 sense:

1. small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas

  Familiarity information: GUILLEMOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUILLEMOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("guillemot" is a kind of...):

auk (black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guillemot"):

black guillemot; Cepphus grylle (northern Atlantic guillemot)

Cepphus columba; pigeon guillemot (northern Pacific guillemot)

murre (black-and-white diving bird of northern seas)

Holonyms ("guillemot" is a member of...):

Cepphus; genus Cepphus (a genus of birds including: guillemots)