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Definition of Common murre
1. Noun. The most frequent variety of murre.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Murre
Literary usage of Common murre
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"This Pacific form of the common Murre in the most abundant breeding bird on the
... North Atlantic Coast, breeding range the same as the common Murre. ..."
2. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"... 2770 Sherwood Lane, Suite 2A, Juneau, AK 99801-8545 breed on the Farallón
Islands in the Pacific Ocean (common murre, Pigeon Guillemot, Cassin's Auklet, ..."
3. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Introductory Chapters on by Frank Michler Chapman (1912)
"... nests in the same colonies with the common murre, which it resembles in habits,
and from which, at close range, it may be distinguished by its shorter, ..."
4. Nests and Eggs of North American Birds by Oliver Davie (1900)
"Breeding from the Gulf of St. Lawrence northward. This species has the same
general habits and characteristics as the common Murre, ..."
5. Birds that Hunt and are Hunted: Life Histories of One Hundred and Seventy by Neltje Blanchan (1905)
"Penguin and foolish guillemot are titles sometimes given to the common murre;
but to add to popular confusion, they are just as frequently applied to ..."
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