(n.) One of several northern sea birds, allied to the auks. They have short legs, placed far back, and are expert divers and swimmers.
Example Sentences:
(1) Far below, the boulder-strewn beach is almost unvisited, save for gulls and guillemots.
(2) The chief cause of sickness and death in the Guillemots was oil-contamination.
(3) To assess the possibility that organochlorine pesticide disruption of osmoregulation is responsible for recent large kills of young seabirds, we have studied the effects of DDE feeding (10-250 ppm) on plasma osmoregulation and nasal gland function in the following species: mallared and white Pekin ducks (both Anas platyrhynchos), black guillemot (Cepphus grylle), and common (Fratercula arctica).
(4) Changes in Mb and LDH in the Pigeon Guillemot correlate with the animal's maturation from a sedentary nest sitter to an active diver and flyer.
(5) She had seen it in trouble, identified it as an exhausted guillemot and aimed to take it to the seal rescue centre in Mablethorpe for some R&R.
(6) Its Marxist owner, Matthieu Guillemot, who is a spokesman for the Anti-Capitalist party, says "a real battle is starting now.
(7) At the Chesil beach centre a mile or so down the coast, assistant warden Angela Thomas was busy rescuing seabirds – guillemots, razorbills, and a single fulmar – battered by the storm.
(8) As for viruses one Guillemot was found to have an Adenovirus and another one to have a Paramyxovirus.
(9) MFO activity was measured for adult Leach's storm-petrels (Oceanodroma leucorhoa), guillemot (Uria aalge) and Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica).
(10) In Kittiwakes and Guillemots mainly Spiruroideae were recorded.
(11) Between 1982 and 1985 the cadavers of 50 Guillemots (Uria aalge), 41 Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), 26 Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) and 34 Black-headed Gulls (Larus ridibundus) were examined pathological, bacteriological and virological.
(12) The concentration of myoglobin (Mb) and the isozymic distribution and activity of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in heart and pectoralis muscle were investigated at three stages of maturation of the Pigeon Guillemot, Cepphus columba.
(13) Liver DDE levels in experimental ducks and guillemots were comparable to those reported for seabirds found dead after kills; levels in starved experimental puffins were much higher.
(14) Rathlin has one of the UK’s largest seabird colonies, including guillemots, razorbills and puffins, and the lighthouse is home to the RSPB West Light Seabird Centre .
(15) Sea temperature changes are threatening the availability of sandeels , a major food source for seabirds including kittiwakes and guillemots, whose colonies in Scotland have seen major population crashes .
(16) An algorithm powers the Discover section on Spotify, which is a visual mish-mash of songs and artist suggestions based on previous listening and friends’ activities, as well as the wider community: “People who listen to Laura Marling are also listening to Guillemots” and the like.
(17) Guillemots (Uria aalge) swallow fish head first when they are fed, when they pick up fish from the ground and when hunting.
(18) An Taisce , the National Trust for Ireland, has accused the Irish government of “going to the dark side” by handing over once more a remote island off the coast of Kerry, home to bird species including puffins, peregrine falcons and guillemots, to the Star Wars franchise.
(19) "There are the ingredients here for a mini-revolution, we can frighten the government," says Guillemot.
(20) A guillemot swims underwater by the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast, northern England.