A seabird of the auk family with black summer plumage and large white wing patches, breeding on the coasts of the Arctic and North Atlantic.
海鸠
Cepphus grylle, family Alcidae
Example sentencesExamples
Throughout the isles you'll come across throngs of Arctic terns and both species of skuas, as well as black guillemots, gannets, shags, and Storm and Leach's petrels.
On Alaska's North Slope, the researcher says diminishing sea ice is contributing to the disappearance of seabirds called black guillemots.
Although the majority of breeding pairs lay a two-egg clutch, black guillemots differ markedly in the inter-egg interval and in the timing of the onset of incubation in relation to egg laying.
We also saw a couple of arctic terns messing about and a couple of black guillemots (rare almost!)
The black guillemot is a sexually monomorphic seabird that exhibits marked interpair variation in a number of breeding parameters.
Definition of black guillemot in US English:
black guillemot
noun
A seabird of the auk family with black summer plumage and large white wing patches, breeding on the coasts of the Arctic and North Atlantic.
海鸠
Cepphus grylle, family Alcidae
Example sentencesExamples
Although the majority of breeding pairs lay a two-egg clutch, black guillemots differ markedly in the inter-egg interval and in the timing of the onset of incubation in relation to egg laying.
Throughout the isles you'll come across throngs of Arctic terns and both species of skuas, as well as black guillemots, gannets, shags, and Storm and Leach's petrels.
The black guillemot is a sexually monomorphic seabird that exhibits marked interpair variation in a number of breeding parameters.
On Alaska's North Slope, the researcher says diminishing sea ice is contributing to the disappearance of seabirds called black guillemots.
We also saw a couple of arctic terns messing about and a couple of black guillemots (rare almost!)