razorbill
noun
ra·zor·bill
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Definition of razorbill
: a North Atlantic auk (Alca torda) with the plumage black above and white below and a compressed sharp-edged bill
— called also razor-billed auk
Examples of razorbill in a Sentence
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Those visitors who do come are likely to spot an abundance of wildlife, including dolphins, whales, seals, sheep herds numbering in the hundreds, razorbills, flocks of geese and more. — Shivani Vora, chicagotribune.com, "Skip the much-visited Irish cliffs for taller, less-touristed crags," 20 Aug. 2019 Those visitors who do come are likely to spot an abundance of wildlife, including dolphins, whales, seals, sheep herds numbering in the hundreds, razorbills, flocks of geese and more. — Shivani Vora, Washington Post, "Skip the much-visited Irish cliffs for taller, less-touristed crags," 15 Aug. 2019 There was a single royal terns at Manomet and Chapin Beach in Dennis, two black skimmers at Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge in Chatham, and a razorbill at Andrews Point in Rockport. — BostonGlobe.com, "Bird sightings," 22 July 2019 But multiple international agencies have designated razorbills as worthy of conservation concern as well. — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, "The Mail," 24 June 2018 At Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, there was one Wilson’s phalarope, two razorbills, one snowy owl, and one hooded warbler. — BostonGlobe.com, "Bird sightings," 19 May 2018 As Mead points out, razorbills are eaten in the Faroes because the population of Atlantic puffins, formerly the region’s delicacy of choice, is now dwindling drastically throughout the North Atlantic. — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, "The Mail," 24 June 2018 The story of how one of Britain’s biggest seabird colonies, once full of puffins, guillemots and razorbills, went silent this year due to climate change is a devastating read, via the Guardian. — Aubrey Nagle, Philly.com, "Foreign-born adoptees deported, Strawberry Mansion questions high school plans | Morning Newsletter," 4 June 2018 The islands are also protected habitats for Manx shearwaters, northern fulmar, black-legged kittiwake, razorbill, guillemot, peregrine falcon and storm petrel. — Julia Blakely, Smithsonian, "The True History of Luke Skywalker’s Monastic Retreat," 11 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'razorbill.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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