MURRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does murre mean? 

• MURRE (noun)
  The noun MURRE has 1 sense:

1. black-and-white diving bird of northern seas

  Familiarity information: MURRE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MURRE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Black-and-white diving bird of northern seas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("murre" is a kind of...):

guillemot (small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "murre"):

common murre; Uria aalge (the most frequent variety of murre)

thick-billed murre; Uria lomvia (a variety of murre)

Holonyms ("murre" is a member of...):

genus Uria; Uria (murres)