Meaning of sea pigeon | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The black guillemot (Cepphus grylle).
2. The pigeon guillemot (Cepphus columba).
3. A common guillemot (Uria aalge).
4. The Mandt's guillemot (Cepphus mandtii).
5. The cormorant.
6. Bonaparte's gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia).
7. A reddish brown marine invertebrate that propels itself by flaps that resemble wings.

Examples

“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.”

“The pigeon guillemot, often called sea pigeon or bank duck , is a diving bird belonging to the family Alcidae , which includes the auks , murres and puffins .”

“In the early spring, the sea pigeon, more widely known as the guillemot ( Cepphus columba ) , moves silently out of its winter haunts to join in large, noisy rafts.”

“Believing that low aquatic birds would more readily yield these evidences, a visit was made to Grand Menan, at the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, and at that place were obtained the embryos of the razorbill auk, eider duck, sea pigeon, herring gull and petrel.”

“MANDT's GUILLEMOT (C. mandtii) is a northern variety of the Sea Pigeon, differing from grylle in lacking the black bar on the wing-patch, and having a somewhat stouter bill.”

“One of the oddest creatures in the sea is the sea pigeon, a long black shape as thick as a small cable, the head of which is like a crown of very soft feathers, and is very often seen in shallow muddy stretches near the shore.”

“Bonaparte's Gull. Little bass gull; sea pigeon (from its general figure and small size among gulls).”

“The sea pigeon was no bird but a slug-like marine invertebrate.”

“This all but formless creature is a sea pigeon”

“The sea pigeon lives upon sea lettuce, consuming about a teacup-ful every day.”

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