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ancient murrelet

noun

Definition of ancient murrelet

: a murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquum) of the North Pacific that is chiefly dark slate above and white below

First Known Use of ancient murrelet

circa 1910, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for ancient murrelet

so called from its having a form known from the Pleistocene

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