different between seabird vs murrelet

English

Alternative forms

• sea bird

Etymology

sea +? bird

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si?b??(?)d/

Noun

seabird (plural seabirds)

1. Any bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters or over the oceans.

Synonyms

• seafowl

Hyponyms

• albatross
• cormorant
• gannet
• guillemot
• gull
• pelican
• petrel

Translations

Anagrams

• Beairds, abiders, air beds, airbeds, bardies, barside, braised, darbies, sidebar

English

Wikispecies

Wikispecies

Etymology

murre +? -let

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?r'l?t, m?r'l?t
• (General American, weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /?m?l?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??l?t/

Noun

murrelet (plural murrelets)

1. Any of several species of small seabirds, in the genera Brachyramphus and Synthliboramphus of the auk family, found in the North Pacific.

Hyponyms

• marbled murrelet, Brachyramphus marmoratus
• long-billed murrelet, Brachyramphus perdix
• Kittlitz's murrelet, Brachyramphus brevirostris
• Xantus's murrelet, Synthliboramphus hypoleucus
• Craveri's murrelet, Synthliboramphus craveri
• ancient murrelet, Synthliboramphus antiquus
• Japanese murrelet, Synthliboramphus wumizusume

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