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Look up: Guillemot

  1. Guillemot
    Guillemot is London Cockney rhyming slang for a fool (twat).
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. guillemot
    [n] - small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Guillemot
    Guil'le·mot` noun [ French] (Zoology) One of several northern sea birds, allied to the auks. They have short legs, placed far back, and are expert divers and swimmers. » The common guillemots, or murres, belong to the genus Uria (as <...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/66

  4. guillemot
    <ornithology> One of several northern sea birds, allied to the auks. They have short legs, placed far back, and are expert divers and swimmers. ... The common guillemots, or murres, belong to the genus Uria (as U. Troile); the black or foolish guillemot (Cepphus grylle, formerly Uria grylle), ...
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  5. guillemot
    noun small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Guillemot
    • (n.) One of several northern sea birds, allied to the auks. They have short legs, placed far back, and are expert divers and swimmers.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. guillemot
    any of three species of black and white seabirds of the genus Cepphus, in the auk family, Alcidae. The birds have a pointed, black bill and red ... [3 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/80

  8. Guillemot
    Guillemot is London Cockney rhyming slang for a fool (twat).
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  9. guillemot
    guillemot (gil'umot") , northern sea bird, genus Cephas, of the auk family. The black guillemot, or trystie, Cephus grylle, is about 13 in. (33 cm) long and is very striking in its breeding plumage, being entirely black from bill to tail except for large white wing patches and bright red leg...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08221

  10. Guillemot
    The guillemot is a web-footed bird of the Alcidae family. The guillemot has a straight, compressed and pointed bill covered with feathers as far as the nostrils. The wings are pointed and very short and the legs are short and placed far back. Guillemots eat fish and nest on sea cliffs.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  11. guillemot
    Any of several diving seabirds belonging to the auk family that breed on rocky North Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The common guillemot (U. aalge) has a long straight beak and short tail and wings; the feet are three-toed and webbed, the feathers are sooty brown and white. It breeds in large colonies on sea cliffs. The bla...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  12. Guillemot
    `Guillemots` is the common name for several species of seabird in the auk family (part of the order Charadriiformes). In British use, the term comprises two genera: Uria and Cepphus. In North America the Uria species are called "murres" and only the Cepphus spec...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillemot



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/calendar/ February 14 is Valentine's Day. Although it is celebrated as a lovers' holiday today, with the giving of candy, flowers, or other gifts between couples in love, it originated in 5th Century Rome as a tribute to St. Valentine, a Catholic bishop. The first Valentine card grew out of this practice. The first true Valentine card was sent in 1415 by Charles, duke of Orleans, to his wife. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London at the time. Cupid, another symbol of the holiday, became associated with it because he was the son of Venus, the Roman god of love and beauty. Cupid often appears on Valentine cards. read more

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