Definition of Pigeon guillemot

1. Noun. Northern Pacific guillemot.

Exact synonyms: Cepphus Columba
Generic synonyms: Guillemot

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pigeon Guillemot

pigeon
pigeon's milk
pigeon-breasted
pigeon-hearted
pigeon-hole
pigeon-holed
pigeon-holes
pigeon-holing
pigeon-livered
pigeon-pea plant
pigeon-toed
pigeon berry
pigeon breast
pigeon chest
pigeon droppings
pigeon guillemot (current term)
pigeon hawk
pigeon hole
pigeon holes
pigeon loft
pigeon pair
pigeon pea
pigeon toes
pigeoned
pigeoneer
pigeoneers
pigeonfoot
pigeongram
pigeongrams
pigeonhawk

Literary usage of Pigeon guillemot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"pigeon guillemot. Bill black, straight, and slender, upper edge of nostril ... In Alaska Mr. Nelson found the pigeon guillemot one of the most abundant of ..."

2. Key to North American Birds: Containing a Concise Account of Every Species by Elliott Coues (1872)
"pigeon guillemot. A large white area FIO. 234. pigeon Guillemot. on upper surface of wings only, partly divided by a black line; head and neck with opaque ..."

3. Nests and Eggs of North American Birds by Oliver Davie (1900)
"Mr. Taylor says: "The pigeon guillemot (so like a Guillemot and so like a Pigeon) is found in rather limited numbers [on the Farallons. ..."

4. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"Four inshore fish feeding alcids of the northern Pacific Ocean (Kittlitz's Murrelet, pigeon guillemot, Spectacled Guillemot, and Marbled Murrelet) are ..."

5. The Wilson Bulletin by Wilson Ornithological Club, Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, Wilson Ornithological Society (1900)
"One half day was given to the Canadian shore line, when the Loon, Marbled Murrelet and pigeon guillemot were added to the list. One half day on the waters ..."

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