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murrelet

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • mər'lĭt
  • mər'lət
  • /ˈmɚlət/ General American, weak vowel merger
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɜːlɪt/
  • CMU ARPABET: M ER1 L IH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of several species of small seabirds, in the genera Brachyramphus and Synthliboramphus of the auk family, found in the North Pacific.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English murre Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English murrelet From murre + -let.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: murri — seabirds of the auk family
  • Finnish: marmorimurri — seabirds of the auk family
  • Finnish: kirjomurri — seabirds of the auk family