It may be that in one year alone, the Farallon murre population was reduced to the level at which it stood during the mid-1990s
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Murre
//mɝ//
Synonyms for "murre" (4 found)
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Translations
18 translations across 13 languages.
Asturian
3 entries- aráu noun (seabird of the genus Uria in the auk family)
- calón noun (seabird of the genus Uria in the auk family)
- pitorru noun (seabird of the genus Uria in the auk family)
Chukchi
2 entries- ӄэрут noun (seabird of the genus Uria in the auk family)
- ӄэруӄэр noun (seabird of the genus Uria in the auk family)
Czech
1 entries- alkoun noun (seabird of the genus Uria in the auk family)
Faroese
2 entries- lomviga noun (seabird of the genus Uria in the auk family)
- lomvigi noun (seabird of the genus Uria in the auk family)
Finnish
1 entries- kiisla noun (seabird of the genus Uria in the auk family)
Hungarian
1 entries- lumma noun (seabird of the genus Uria in the auk family)
Inuktitut
1 entries- ᐊᒃᐸ noun (seabird of the genus Uria in the auk family)
Korean
1 entries- 바다오리 noun (seabird of the genus Uria in the auk family)
Norman
2 entries- dgillemot noun (seabird of the genus Uria in the auk family)
- âne dé mé noun (seabird of the genus Uria in the auk family)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- lomvi noun (seabird of the genus Uria in the auk family)
Polish
1 entries- nurzyk noun (seabird of the genus Uria in the auk family)
Portuguese
1 entries- airo noun (seabird of the genus Uria in the auk family)
Russian
1 entries- ка́йра noun (seabird of the genus Uria in the auk family)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
1997, Robert Wayne Campbell, Neil K. Dawe, The Birds of British Columbia, Volume 2: Nonpasserines: Diurnal birds of prey through woodpeckers, page 296, About 2,800 pairs of Common Murres breed in the province, most of which are in the Scott Islands off northwestern Vancouver Island.
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2000, Susan Allport, The Primal Feast: Food, Sex, Foraging, and Love, 2003, paperback, page 52, Staking out a spot involves not only the appropriate level of murre aggression (some murres are so aggressive that they throw their mates off the ledge) but, even more fundamentally, the ability to find food efficiently.
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