murre

noun

ˈmər

: any of a genus (Uria) of black-and-white alcids

especially : a common seabird (U. aalge) of northern seas

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Interest in the subject has accelerated because of die-offs of some of the puffin’s auk family relatives, such as common murres and Cassin’s auklets off the West Coast. —

Patrick Whittle, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023 And amid a tornado of shearwaters, murres, gulls and pelicans, all working on the hapless baitfish pushed to the surface by the salmon. —

Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 4 Aug. 2023 Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included 3 Pacific loons, 15 common murres, 450 razorbills, 35 black-legged kittiwakes, 60 Iceland gulls, a glaucous gull, and 2 common redpolls. —

BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023 In Plympton, three sandhill cranes and a common murre at the Shifting Lots Preserve. —

Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2022 See all Example Sentences for murre