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Definition of Uria grylle

Uria grylle
Dovekie Dove"kie, n. (Zo["o]l.) A guillemot (Uria grylle), of the arctic regions. Also applied to the little auk or sea dove. See under Dove.
Uria grylle
Guillemot Guil"le*mot`, n. [F.] (Zo["o]l.) One of several northern sea birds, allied to the auks. They have short legs, placed far back, and are expert divers and swimmers. Note: The common guillemots, or murres, belong to the genus Uria (as U. troile); the black or foolish guillemot (Cepphus grylle, formerly Uria grylle), is called also sea pigeon and eligny. See Murre.

Meaning of Uria grylle from wikipedia

- Charadriiformes. In Europe, the term covers two genera, Uria and Cepphus. In North America the Uria species are called murres and only the Cepphus species...
- typical auks and murres Uria Common murre or common guillemot, Uria aalge Thick-billed murre or, Brünnich's guillemot, Uria lomvia Alle Little auk or...
- Cepphus cf. columba (Lawrence Canyon Early Pliocene of W USA) Cepphus cf. grylle (San Diego Late Pliocene, W USA) The latter two resemble the extant species...
- little auk (Alle alle) kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) black guillemot (Cepphus grylle) ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) snow bunting...
- black-backed gull (Larus fiscus), guillemot (Uria aalge), razorbill (Alca torda) and black guillemot (Cepphus grylle). Adlergrund Bay of Pomerania Naturschutz...
- Cepphus grylle (black guillemot)...
- (common) Black guillemot, Cepphus grylle (common) Common guillemot, Uria aalge (common) Brünnich's guillemot, Uria lomvia (rare) These are small birds...
- murre, Uria aalge Thick-billed murre, Uria lomvia Razorbill, Alca torda Great auk, Pinguinus impennis (A)(Ex) Black guillemot, Cepphus grylle Pigeon guillemot...
- fusca), common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula), and black guillemot (Cepphus grylle). The rare red kite (Milvus milvus) finds good habitat for one or two breeding...
- alle), black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), black guillemot (Cepphus grylle), ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea), and glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus);...