Associations to the word «Guillemot»

Wiktionary

GUILLEMOT, noun. Any seabird belonging to the genera Uria and Cepphus of the auk family Alcidae. They have black and white bodies and are good at swimming and diving.

Dictionary definition

GUILLEMOT, noun. Small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats