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Definition of Guillemots
1. guillemot [n] - See also: guillemot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guillemots
Literary usage of Guillemots
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historical View of the Progress of Discovery on the More Northern Coasts of by Patrick Fraser Tytler, James Wilson (1833)
"... Northern Diver—Black-throated Diver—guillemots. THE difficulties attending
the completion of an ornithological history were complained of by Buffon, ..."
2. Travels of a Naturalist: A Record of Adventures, Discoveries, History and by Adolphe Boucard (1894)
"... Varec — In Sight of San Francisco — Heavy Fog — Pelicans, Porpoises, Sea-Lions,
or Seals — Bay of San Francisco — guillemots — Arrival at San Francisco. ..."
3. The Natural History of Ireland by William Thompson, James R. Garrett, George Dickie (1851)
""We must look particularly to such naturalists as visit the breeding-places of
guillemots to supply us with information, both respecting the U. ..."
4. Tenby: A Sea-side Holiday by Philip Henry Gosse (1856)
"... —guillemots—Curious Mistake —Maternal Love—Cormorant taking Prey—Instinct at
Fault— Eel and Crab ..."
5. The Birds about Us by Charles Conrad Abbott (1894)
"THIS group consists of the Auks, Murres, guillemots, Auklets, Puffins, Loons,
and Grebes. Of the five subgroups mentioned in order, none belong inland, ..."
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