: any of a genus (Uria) of black-and-white alcids
especially
: a common seabird (U. aalge) of northern seas
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With an uptick in rescue calls coming in, the SeaWorld team tries to respond as quickly as possible, especially when murres are being spotted on land.
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
From Ventura to Santa Barbara, gulls, pelicans, murres, and grebes staggered along beaches, unable to fly.
—Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
The seabirds, known as common murres, still have not recovered from that marine heat wave, and impacts from the ongoing event have been observed on other species, according to Heather Renner, supervisory wildlife biologist at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
In fact, throughout the world, orcas of every age have presented prey to humans, and just about everything was on the menu: from sea otters, harbor seals, and gray whales, to green turtles, eagle rays, starfish, jellyfish, and even common murres, just to name a few species.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
From Ventura to Santa Barbara, gulls, pelicans, murres, and grebes staggered along beaches, unable to fly.
—Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
The seabirds, known as common murres, still have not recovered from that marine heat wave, and impacts from the ongoing event have been observed on other species, according to Heather Renner, supervisory wildlife biologist at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
In fact, throughout the world, orcas of every age have presented prey to humans, and just about everything was on the menu: from sea otters, harbor seals, and gray whales, to green turtles, eagle rays, starfish, jellyfish, and even common murres, just to name a few species.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
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“Murre.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/murre. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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murre
noun
: a common black-and-white web-footed bird of northern seas
also
: any of several related seabirds
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