sea pigeon
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The black guillemot (Cepphus grylle).
noun
The pigeon guillemot (Cepphus columba).
noun
A common guillemot (Uria aalge).
noun
The Mandt's guillemot (Cepphus mandtii).
noun
The cormorant.
noun
Bonaparte's gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia).
noun
A reddish brown marine invertebrate that propels itself by flaps that resemble wings.
Example Sentences
- "At length my son asked for the telescope, and on returning it carelessly remarked, "There are a couple of black guillemots." Macleod was alive in a moment—"That's the sea-pigeon.""
- "One of the most numerous sea birds, of this whole region, is the Black Guillemot, or Sea Pigeon. This bird in the breeding season is jet black , except a white patch on each wing . In the winter the plumage changes to a gray with black streaks , and in this dress the Sea Pigeon comes to the waters of Casco Bay quite plentifully."
- "While swimming, the Sea Pigeon nervously ducks its head at frequent intervals, appearing to be dabbing at the water."
- "During mid-winter we have little auks from Spitsbergan, and the pretty coral-footed sea-pigeon, or tystie from Shetland ."
- "The pigeon guillemot, or sea pigeon, comes next. Its home is to be found close to the water's edge, in the little coves and clefts of the rocks, and it delights to sit on a rock where it is almost reached by every return of the swell."
- "The nests of the sea pigeon were for the most part inaccessible, being far in the recesses of crevices in the roofs of caves."