murrelet in English

noun
1
a small North Pacific auk (seabird), typically having a gray back and white underparts.
West of the crest of the Cascade Range, the area is habitat for bald eagles, marbled murrelets , spotted owls, cougars, lynx, salmon, and steelhead, which thrive among mature and second-growth forests of cedar and Douglas fir.

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1. Alcidae, bird family, order Charadriiformes, which includes the birds known as auk, auklet, dovekie, guillemot, murre, murrelet, and puffin (qq.v.).

2. I live on the shores of Monterey Bay, California, where ten Alcid taxa are regular (currently considered 9 species until Xantus's Murrelet Synthliboramphus h

3. Snooping on Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers Environmental groups soon enjoined other wildlife into the fight: the Red Cockaded Woodpecker, the brown bear, the marbled murrelet, not to mention plants and even fungi

4. This guided trip from Anacortes offers an opportunity to visit Pigeon Guillemot nesting areas and see other species of "Alcids," such as Marbled Murrelet, Common Murre and Rhinocerus Auklet.